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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What about the man in Lagos inspired the author to give him a tip?
2. Whom does the author name as being the first person to call her a feminist?
3. Lagos is described as being what type of hub within the country?
4. Because the author had not known what the word feminist meant the first time it was applied to her, she planned to do what the moment she arrived home?
5. How did the author perform on the test meant to assign class monitors?
Short Essay Questions
1. Who tells Adichie that calling herself a feminist means that she hates men and why is this source significant?
2. What is the symbolism of the cane in the anecdote about the class monitor?
3. How does Adichie employ self-deprecating humor in her anecdote about the Nigerian journalist?
4. From what source was Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's essay We Should All Be Feminists adapted?
5. What did Adichie decide to do the first time she was called a feminist and why?
6. How does Adichie describe the boy who was awarded the role of class monitor and do her revelations depict her message about focusing on interest and ability rather than on gender?
7. What is Adichie's purpose for waiting until the end of the anecdote to reveal that she was not allowed to be class monitor since she was a girl?
8. What examples does Adichie provide for her claims that if we see or "do the same thing over and over, it becomes normal"? (10)
9. What was Adichie's reason for choosing the subject of feminism for her speech?
10. What exposition does Adichie provide within her anecdote about the role of class monitor?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How does Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie utilize irony within the text? Discuss at least three uses of irony within the essay and explore each instance's connection to larger themes contained within the piece.
Essay Topic 2
Examine the role of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s grandmother within the essay We Should All Be Feminists. How does the author use the role of her grandmother to highlight the themes within the overall narrative?
Essay Topic 3
What ultimate message is Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s essay sending about the nature and value of continually examining one’s own thought patterns and behaviors?
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