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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. The author says that Okoloma always looked after her like a what?
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. The author describes the city of Lagos as having almost how many people?
4. The author says that just like in many big cities, doing what in Lagos in the evenings can be difficult?
5. The author relates that her primary school teacher had announced that how many of the top test-takers would become class monitors?
Short Essay Questions
1. What were the duties of the class monitor at Adichie's primary school?
2. What exposition does Adichie provide within her anecdote about the role of class monitor?
3. What was the topic of Adichie's previous talk entitled "The Danger of the Single Story" (3)?
4. How is the device of repetition employed within Adichie's list of the connotations associated with the word feminist?
5. 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?
6. 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)?
7. What examples does Adichie provide for her claims that if we see or "do the same thing over and over, it becomes normal"? (10)
8. From what source was Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's essay We Should All Be Feminists adapted?
9. What is Adichie's purpose for using the second person point of view within her list of the connotations associated with the word feminist?
10. Who tells Adichie that calling herself a feminist means that she hates men and why is this source significant?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Examine the roles of Kene, Louis, and Okoloma within the body of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s essay. How does the author use each of the men’s roles in order to highlight the themes within the overall narrative?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the significance of the author’s knowledge of her great-grandmother that she includes in the final section of her essay. How do its elements connect to the overall themes within the essay?
Essay Topic 3
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?
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