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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 states that usually when a woman states that she has taken an action "for peace in [her] marriage" (31), it is because she has given up what?
3. The author states that usually when a man states that he has taken an action "for peace in [his] marriage" (31), it is because he has given up what?
4. The author relates the story of her friend who had felt slighted by her boss in a meeting and had wanted to challenge him, but had instead taken what action?
5. The author states that she has never thought it made much sense to leave what crucial task in the hands of others?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is Adichie's purpose in including the scene of her own interrogation by the guard at the Nigerian hotel?
2. How does Adichie contrast the status of an unmarried woman with the status of an unmarried man?
3. What effects does tAdichie list when discussing how society teaches girls to feel ashamed?
4. What difference does Adichie point out about girls are taught to view marriage versus how boys are taught to view marriage?
5. In what way does Adichie describe the difference between prescription and description as they relate to gender?
6. What does Adichie state would be the effects of people living their lives free of gender expectations?
7. What does Adichie judge to be the most severe negative effect society has on boys?
8. How does Adichie employ irony within her story of the woman who pretended to like housework?
9. What details about the city of Lagos does Adichie reveal within her comparison of the city to other world cities?
10. What horrific event does Adichie refer to as an effect of Nigerians being raised to think of women as "inherently guilty" (33)?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the author's decision to include humor within the text. What purpose did she have in mind when including these instances of humor and how does the inclusion of these instances support the overarching themes and messages of the text?
Essay Topic 2
How does the author's use of the first and second person point of view serve her purposes over the course of the essay? Discuss how Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s choice of point of view helps to advance her treatment of at least three particular themes within the text.
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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