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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 was the position of the man who stopped the author at the door of her Nigerian hotel?
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. In what city does the author say she cannot visit reputable bars and clubs alone?
4. The author suggests that society start to raise boys and girls who do not link what two elements together?
5. The author states that she knows an unmarried woman who does what when she goes to conferences so that she will be given respect by her colleagues?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is Adichie's suggested solution to the problem of boys and girls seeing money as being linked to masculinity?
2. How does Adichie characterize her feelings about her home country of Nigeria?
3. What does Adichie state would be the effects of people living their lives free of gender expectations?
4. What example does Adichie provide for her claim that the city of Lagos has a thriving "entrepreneurial spirit" (16)?
5. How does Adichie set up a juxtaposition between the role of leadership today and the role of leadership 1,000 years ago?
6. What instructions does Adichie include within her list of lessons society teaches girls?
7. How is the theme of experiential learning demonstrated within the anecdote about Louis?
8. How does Adichie differentiate between positive competition between girls and negative competition between girls?
9. How does Adichie contrast the status of an unmarried woman with the status of an unmarried man?
10. What is Adichie's stated reason for wanting to tip the young man who had watched her car in her absence?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Examine Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s use of characterization methods to portray people within her life. What effect do these characterization methods have on the essay's inherent themes and messages?
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
What ultimate message is Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s essay sending about the nature and value of continually examining one’s own thought patterns and behaviors?
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