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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 type of point of view is used within the author's list of stereotypical qualities attributed to feminists?
2. The author says that the first time she was called a feminist, the speaker's tone had been the same tone a person would use to accuse someone of being a what?
3. What did the man in Lagos say when receiving his tip?
4. The man who advised the author not to call herself a feminist confided in her that people were saying her novel was what?
5. 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?
Short Essay Questions
1. What was Adichie's reason for choosing the subject of feminism for her speech?
2. How is the device of repetition employed within Adichie's list of the connotations associated with the word feminist?
3. What conclusion does Adichie reach as a result of awarding herself the title of "Happy African Feminist Who Does Not Hate Me and Who Likes to Wear Lip Gloss and High Heels For Herself and Not For Men" (9)?
4. What is Adichie's reaction to the journalist's criticism of her novel and how does it display themes inherent to the essay?
5. What exposition does Adichie provide within her anecdote about the role of class monitor?
6. What is ironic about Adichie's revelation that she read "every single Mills and Boon romance published" (8) before she was 16?
7. How would you characterize Adichie's relationship with Okoloma?
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 did Adichie decide to do the first time she was called a feminist and why?
10. How does Adichie employ self-deprecating humor in her anecdote about the Nigerian journalist?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How are the themes of eccentricity and conformity depicted within the narrative of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s essay?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss three different women that appear within the essay's narrative and compare and contrast their characteristics. How do their roles differ and how are their roles similar? Taken together, what depiction of women is present in the overall narrative of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s essay?
Essay Topic 3
What is the author's message regarding the connection between anger and productivity and how does she get this message across to the reader?
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