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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 does the author state is true of a great many marriages?

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

3. One of the participants in the author's writing workshop had been told by a friend not to do what?

4. The author states that society teaches girls to make themselves what?

5. What is NOT a way the author feels when she gets ignored in a Nigerian restaurant?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. How does Adichie characterize her feelings about her home country of Nigeria?

7. What details about the city of Lagos does Adichie reveal within her comparison of the city to other world cities?

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

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

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

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

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?

Essay Topic 3

How does Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie utilize irony within the text? Discuss at least three uses of irony within the essay and explore each instance's connection to larger themes contained within the piece.

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