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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. In addition to being angry about the state of gender in today's world, what other emotion does the author say she feels about this topic?

2. The author states that "the harder a man feels compelled to be, the weaker his" (26) what is?

3. The author's friend who had not challenged her boss told the author it was because she did not want to seem what?

4. The author marvels at the vast number of magazine articles and books all over the world that teach women how to do what?

5. The author writes that "Gender as it functions today is a grave" (20) what?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How is the appeal of ethos present within Adichie's claim that she cannot go alone into bars and clubs in Nigeria?

3. How does Adichie employ irony within her story of the woman who pretended to like housework?

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

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

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

7. What horrific event does Adichie refer to as an effect of Nigerians being raised to think of women as "inherently guilty" (33)?

8. What instructions does Adichie include within her list of lessons society teaches girls?

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

10. In what way does Adichie describe the difference between prescription and description as they relate to gender?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choose a symbolic object from the essay We Should All Be Feminists, such as the lip gloss, the Indomie noodles, or some other symbolic object and discuss its overall meaning and its connection to themes within the text.

Essay Topic 2

What is the author's message regarding the connection between anger and productivity and how does she get this message across to the reader?

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay that discusses the author's purpose for her juxtaposition of the two countries of Nigeria and the United States in her discussion of gender.

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