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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. The author states that modern society teaches boys to do what to their true selves?
(a) Bury.
(b) Be proud of.
(c) Project.
(d) Mask.

2. The author states that the commands that society tells girls, such as "Close your legs. Cover yourself" (31) are examples of teaching girls what?
(a) To hate themselves.
(b) Shame.
(c) To fight off sexual advances.
(d) To learn to protect their virginity.

3. The author states that women are instructed to always keep in mind that what aspect of life is the most important?
(a) Marriage.
(b) Career.
(c) Travel.
(d) Children.

4. The author points out that women can perform what action, while men cannot?
(a) Have babies.
(b) Menstruate.
(c) Feed their children.
(d) Experience multiple orgasms.

5. The author tells the story of a Nigeran woman she knows who decided to do what for fear of intimidating a possible future husband?
(a) Give away most of her belongings.
(b) Sell her sports car.
(c) Quit her lucrative job.
(d) Sell her house.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was NOT one of the questions the man asked the author when he stopped her outside of her Nigerian hotel?

2. The author marvels at the vast number of magazine articles and books all over the world that teach women how to do what?

3. 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?

4. What does the author state is true of a great many marriages?

5. What word does the author say she dislikes above all other English words?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How is the theme of language obscuring truth displayed within Adichie's mention of the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act?

3. How does Adichie set up a juxtaposition between the role of leadership today and the role of leadership 1,000 years ago?

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

5. In what way does Adichie describe the difference between prescription and description as they relate to gender?

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

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

8. How does Adichie employ irony within her story of the woman who pretended to like housework?

9. What does Adichie judge to be the most severe negative effect society has on boys?

10. What difference does Adichie point out about girls are taught to view marriage versus how boys are taught to view marriage?

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