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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 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?

2. The author states that in what kind of way, men rule the world?

3. What member of the author's family does she describe as brilliant?

4. The author states unequivocally that society spends too much time teaching girls to worry about what?

5. In what city does the author teach a writing workshop?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Adichie differentiate between positive competition between girls and negative competition between girls?

2. What does tAdichie present as the reason that women do not just "say no to all of this" (28) in relation to gender expectations?

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

4. What effects does tAdichie list when discussing how society teaches girls to feel ashamed?

5. What example does Adichie provide for her statement that "sometimes it is the little things that sting the most" (21)?

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

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. What is Adichie's stated reason for wanting to tip the young man who had watched her car in her absence?

9. How is the appeal of ethos present within Adichie's claim that she cannot go alone into bars and clubs in Nigeria?

10. What is Adichie's purpose in including the scene of her own interrogation by the guard at the Nigerian hotel?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the roles of Kene, Louis, and Okoloma within the body of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s essay. How does the author use each of the men’s roles in order to highlight the themes within the overall narrative?

Essay Topic 2

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.

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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