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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. How did the author perform on the test meant to assign class monitors?
2. The author says that Okoloma always looked after her like a what?
3. In what year was the author's original TED Talk about feminism given?
4. The author describes Lagos as having more energy than what city?
5. The author says that "if we see something over and over, it becomes" (12) what?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Adichie employ self-deprecating humor in her anecdote about the Nigerian journalist?
2. What examples does Adichie provide for her claims that if we see or "do the same thing over and over, it becomes normal"? (10)
3. What exposition does Adichie provide within her anecdote about the role of class monitor?
4. 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?
5. What was Adichie's reason for choosing the subject of feminism for her speech?
6. Who tells Adichie that calling herself a feminist means that she hates men and why is this source significant?
7. From what source was Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's essay We Should All Be Feminists adapted?
8. What is ironic about the teacher's statement that the class monitor of course had to be a boy and that she had thought this fact would be "obvious" (10)?
9. What is ironic about Adichie's revelation that she read "every single Mills and Boon romance published" (8) before she was 16?
10. What is Adichie's purpose for using the second person point of view within her list of the connotations associated with the word feminist?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Examine how Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s essay invites readers to learn particular lessons from her own experiences and to apply those lessons to their own lives. How does she accomplish this goal and how does this goal relate to the overarching themes of the text?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the author's anecdote regarding her twin nieces and the now defunct traditions of the Igbo people. What themes are demonstrated in the author’s use of this anecdote and what rhetorical devices does she use to make those connections?
Essay Topic 3
How is the theme of invisibility portrayed in Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s essay? Examine the author's treatment of and messages regarding invisibility throughout the work.
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