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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 link does Adichie tell Ijeawele to never make in regards to sexuality at the end of Suggestion 12?

2. What does Suggestion 11 say about biology in relation to gender roles?

3. What type of woman can undermine feminism with her deceiving words and entitlement, according to the end of Suggestion 14?

4. In Suggestion 7, what reason does Adichie give for keeping her maiden name?

5. In Suggestion 10, when does it say girls stop being physically active?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Adichie struck by the difference of conversations about love with women and then men?

2. What happens in Igbo tradition if a woman wants to leave her husband?

3. Why would it be disingenuous for Ijeawele to teach Chizalum that sex is only for reproduction?

4. What was the sexuality seminar about mentioned at the start of Suggestion 12?

5. What is insinuated when a woman claims not to be feminist according to Adichie in Suggestion 14?

6. What are some examples of the harmfulness of likeability in girls and women, according to Adichie?

7. At the end of Suggestion 10, why does Adichie say that she cannot overstate the power of alternatives?

8. Why does Adichie think that schooling will not teach Chizalum all that she needs to know?

9. What are some examples in Suggestion 11 where biology is used for/against gender expectation?

10. As made in Suggestion 10, what are some ways that Ijeawele can engage Chizalum with her appearance?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Adichie emphasizes the many dangers of Feminism Lite in Suggestion 4. Her belief is that it is a conditional form of Feminism. How is Feminism Lite described, and how is it dangerous in relation to whole feminist principles?

Essay Topic 2

Throughout the text refers to the powerfulness of language in raising a feminist daughter; she even gives it an entire Suggestion in her text. As first discussed in Suggestion, 3, and in correlation with clothing and toy decisions, Adichie highlights some of the main interpretations of language that condition children at a young age to understand their genders in particular ways. What are some of these words and phrases and how do instill gender assumptions?

Essay Topic 3

Authors purposefully choose to structure their texts to provide their ideas and themes in an engaging and thorough manner. Adichie chooses to structure her text in letter format. Why do you believe Adichie chose to separate her ideas into a Letter containing Suggestions and how does that help her get her message across?

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