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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 in Nigeria, a Nigerian female walking into a hotel alone is automatically assumed to be a what?
2. When an acquaintance attacked the author's article, saying that it was too angry, the article had focused on the nature of being what two qualities while living in Lagos?
3. What was the name of the law enacted by President Obama in 2009 that sought to reduce the income gap between men and women?
4. What percent of the world's population is female?
5. What does the author state is true of a great many marriages?
Short Essay Questions
1. How is the theme of experiential learning demonstrated within the anecdote about Louis?
2. What is Adichie's suggested solution to the problem of boys and girls seeing money as being linked to masculinity?
3. What is Adichie's purpose in including the scene of her own interrogation by the guard at the Nigerian hotel?
4. What evidence does Adichie provide for her claim that "men and women are different" (16)?
5. What instructions does Adichie include within her list of lessons society teaches girls?
6. How does Adichie set up a juxtaposition between the role of leadership today and the role of leadership 1,000 years ago?
7. What does Adichie judge to be the most severe negative effect society has on boys?
8. How does Adichie differentiate between positive competition between girls and negative competition between girls?
9. What example does Adichie provide for her statement that "sometimes it is the little things that sting the most" (21)?
10. How does Adichie employ irony within her story of the woman who pretended to like housework?
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
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.
Essay Topic 3
How does the author employ the use or rejection of fallacy within her argumentative essay and how does the inclusion of fallacy help the author to prove her own points within the essay?
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