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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 states that the inhumane response of some Nigerians to the case of a recent gang rape was due to the fact that they have been raised to think of women as inherently what?

2. The author entreats the reader to "imagine how much happier we would be, how much freer to be our true individual selves, if we didn't have the weight of" (33) what?

3. The author says that modern society raises girls who cannot say that they have what?

4. The author suggests that society start to raise boys and girls who do not link what two elements together?

5. What prestigious position was held by Wangari Maathai before her death?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Adichie differentiate between positive competition between girls and negative competition between girls?

3. How is the theme of experiential learning demonstrated within the anecdote about Louis?

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

5. What difference does Adichie point out about girls are taught to view marriage versus how boys are taught to view marriage?

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

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

8. What example does Adichie provide for her claim that the city of Lagos has a thriving "entrepreneurial spirit" (16)?

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

10. How does Adichie contrast the status of an unmarried woman with the status of an unmarried man?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 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

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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