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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 most of the positions of prestige in the world are occupied by whom?
2. 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?
3. The author asks that the reader begin to dream about and plan for "a world of happier men and happier women" who are more what?
4. The author states that to improve the gender problem, we must start by doing what?
5. The author states that in today's world, women are taught not to express anger because anger emanating from a woman is considered what?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is Adichie's stated reason for wanting to tip the young man who had watched her car in her absence?
2. What effects does tAdichie list when discussing how society teaches girls to feel ashamed?
3. How does Adichie employ irony within her story of the woman who pretended to like housework?
4. What is Adichie's suggested solution to the problem of boys and girls seeing money as being linked to masculinity?
5. What details about the city of Lagos does Adichie reveal within her comparison of the city to other world cities?
6. How is the theme of language obscuring truth displayed within Adichie's mention of the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act?
7. What did the late Kenyan Nobel peace laureate Wangari Maathai mean when she said, "The higher you go, the fewer women there are" (17)?
8. How does Adichie set up a juxtaposition between the role of leadership today and the role of leadership 1,000 years ago?
9. What evidence does Adichie provide for her claim that "men and women are different" (16)?
10. What does Adichie judge to be the most severe negative effect society has on boys?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How does the author use sensory details in order to paint a vivid portrait of anecdotes she includes within her essay? Discuss at least two scenes that include use of sensory details and pull quotes from these scenes to support your claim.
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 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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