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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Lagos is described as being what type of hub within the country?
(a) Exporting.
(b) Fashion.
(c) Commercial.
(d) Agricultural.
2. In what year did the author write her first novel?
(a) 2005.
(b) 2007.
(c) 2003.
(d) 1999.
3. The author describes her dear friend Louis as a "brilliant" and what kind of man?
(a) Progressive.
(b) Liberal.
(c) Kind.
(d) Thoughtful.
4. The author says that a dear friend of hers once told her that calling herself a feminist meant what?
(a) That she was too pretty for such a label.
(b) That she hated men.
(c) That she was too political for her own good.
(d) That she was probably gay.
5. What did the man in Lagos say when receiving his tip?
(a) "God bless you both" (14).
(b) "Is this it?" (14).
(c) "I appreciate this very much, ma'am" (14).
(d) "Thank you, sah!" (14).
Short Answer Questions
1. The author relates that her primary school teacher had announced that how many of the top test-takers would become class monitors?
2. What type of point of view is used within the author's list of stereotypical qualities attributed to feminists?
3. With whom had Louis and the author been out to dinner the night of the incident with the man in Lagos?
4. In what country was the author promoting her first novel when a man advised her not to call herself a feminist?
5. From what location did the author pull out the money when tipping the man in Lagos?
Short Essay Questions
1. What did Adichie decide to do the first time she was called a feminist and why?
2. What is ironic about Adichie's revelation that she read "every single Mills and Boon romance published" (8) before she was 16?
3. From what source was Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's essay We Should All Be Feminists adapted?
4. What is Adichie's reaction to the journalist's criticism of her novel and how does it display themes inherent to the essay?
5. How would you characterize Adichie's relationship with Okoloma?
6. Describe the occasion when Adichie was first called a feminist and how she received the comment.
7. What examples does Adichie provide for her claims that if we see or "do the same thing over and over, it becomes normal"? (10)
8. What were the duties of the class monitor at Adichie's primary school?
9. How is the device of repetition employed within Adichie's list of the connotations associated with the word feminist?
10. What is Adichie's purpose for using the second person point of view within her list of the connotations associated with the word feminist?
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