Dear Ijeawele, or A Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions Quiz | Four Week Quiz A

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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Dear Ijeawele, or A Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions Quiz | Four Week Quiz A

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Suggestions 1 - 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the one activity that Ijeawele's husband, Chudi, cannot participate in while raising their child?
(a) Chudi cannot cook the meals.
(b) Chudi cannot help clean the house.
(c) Chudi cannot coddle the baby when she cries.
(d) Chudi cannot breastfeed.

2. What does Adichie propose Ijeawele teach her daughter to overcome all the issues presented in Suggestion 3?
(a) Adichie says to teach Chizalum to research feminism and use its tools to better her own life.
(b) Adichie says to teach Chizalum how to stand up for herself and teach others about inequality.
(c) Adichie says to teach Chizalum self-reliance, that it is important for her to have independence.
(d) Adichie says to teach Chizalum the difference between gender inequality and sexism.

3. Toward the middle of Suggestion 1, Adichie identifies what trait as being important to motherhood?
(a) Parenting equally with a partner.
(b) Being active in instilling feministic notions at an early age.
(c) Always reaching for perfectionism.
(d) Giving oneself room to fail.

4. What is an example that Adichie provides in response to portraying one of the tools at the start of the text?
(a) If a man sleeps with another woman, and you find out, would you be able to leave him?
(b) If a man sleeps with another woman, and you forgive him, would the same be true for a women who slept with another man?
(c) If a man fights with a woman, can a woman fight back?
(d) If a man spends all the money, can a woman divorce him?

5. At the end of Suggestion 1, Adichie says that we should be asking a certain question of parents. What is that question?
(a) How to best support fathers in their new roles as equal parents.
(b) How to best support children growing up to be functioning adults.
(c) How to best support parents in their combined duties at work and home.
(d) How to best support mothers in the workforce.

Short Answer Questions

1. What warning does Adichie make to her friend at the end of the Opening of the Letter?

2. At the end of Suggestion 2, praise for fathers it put into question. Why does Adichie believe this is an important concept to be analyzed?

3. How long has Adichie known Ijeawele as mentioned in the Introduction?

4. What is one way a new mother can approach parenting as recommended in Suggestion 1?

5. As stated in the Introduction, how long ago did the author, Adichie, receive a request her for advice?

(see the answer key)

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