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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The author brings up the case of a woman she knows who hates what, but pretends to like it because it will make her "good wife material" (33)?
(a) Domestic duties.
(b) Dressing up.
(c) Wearing makeup.
(d) Lacemaking.

2. The author states that in what kind of way, men rule the world?
(a) In an invisible way.
(b) In a figurative way.
(c) In an obvious way.
(d) In a literal way.

3. The author marvels at how many female American friends of hers are ridiculously invested in being what?
(a) Liked.
(b) Rich.
(c) Feminine.
(d) Viewed as harmless.

4. What object does the author use as a metaphor for masculinity?
(a) A mirage.
(b) A cage.
(c) An octopus.
(d) A ghost.

5. The author says that modern society raises girls who cannot say that they have what?
(a) Goals.
(b) Money.
(c) Desire.
(d) Needs.

Short Answer Questions

1. The author writes that "Anger has a long history of bringing about" (20) what?

2. The author states that women are instructed to always keep in mind that what aspect of life is the most important?

3. The author states that society teaches a woman at a certain age who is still what, to see it as "a deep personal failure" (29)?

4. The author states that every time she walks into a Nigerian restaurant with a man, who greets the man and ignores her?

5. The author states that "the problem with gender is that it" does what "rather than recognizing how we are" (33)?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Adichie set up a juxtaposition between the role of leadership today and the role of leadership 1,000 years ago?

2. What does Adichie state would be the effects of people living their lives free of gender expectations?

3. What details about the city of Lagos does Adichie reveal within her comparison of the city to other world cities?

4. What evidence does Adichie provide for her claim that "men and women are different" (16)?

5. What is Adichie's suggested solution to the problem of boys and girls seeing money as being linked to masculinity?

6. What example does Adichie provide for her statement that "sometimes it is the little things that sting the most" (21)?

7. What effects does tAdichie list when discussing how society teaches girls to feel ashamed?

8. What is Adichie's purpose in including the scene of her own interrogation by the guard at the Nigerian hotel?

9. In what way does Adichie describe the difference between prescription and description as they relate to gender?

10. How is the theme of language obscuring truth displayed within Adichie's mention of the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act?

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