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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 suggests that society start to raise boys and girls who do not link what two elements together?

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

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

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

5. What was the name of the law enacted by President Obama in 2009 that sought to reduce the income gap between men and women?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did the late Kenyan Nobel peace laureate Wangari Maathai mean when she said, "The higher you go, the fewer women there are" (17)?

2. What example does Adichie provide for her claim that the city of Lagos has a thriving "entrepreneurial spirit" (16)?

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

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

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

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 state would be the effects of people living their lives free of gender expectations?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choose a symbolic object from the essay We Should All Be Feminists, such as the lip gloss, the Indomie noodles, or some other symbolic object and discuss its overall meaning and its connection to themes within the text.

Essay Topic 2

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 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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