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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Suggestions 10 - 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the start of Suggestion 6, how does the author define "language"?
(a) "An expensive endeavor" (26).
(b) "You will have to question your own language" (26).
(c) "It teaches her what she should value" (26).
(d) "The repository of our prejudices, our beliefs, our assumptions" (26).

2. Why does Adichie think that the word "allowed" is so offensive in Suggestion 4?
(a) Adichie believes it contributes to the notion that men are superior and in control of women.
(b) Adichie believes it has a connotation that targets vulnerable women.
(c) Adichie believes it helps catapult women above women, which goes against the idea of equality.
(d) Adichie believes that women should not have the right to tell their husbands what they are and are not allowed to do.

3. What type of beauty will Chizalum notice is valued, according to Adichie?
(a) Plastic surgery.
(b) Whiteness.
(c) Thinness.
(d) Diverse beauty.

4. How does Adichie think children should be named in an argument against Igbo tradition?
(a) Children should have the mother's choice of first name, because the last name is from the father.
(b) Children should not all be given masculine names; it is sexist.
(c) Children should have the father's choice of first and last name.
(d) Children should be named by their grandparents.

5. What does Suggestion 11 say about biology in relation to gender roles?
(a) Biology can be used as reasons as justification for social norms.
(b) Biology can convince men they are superior to women.
(c) Biology provides many reasons as to why women and men act the way they do.
(d) Biology enforces a greater gender gap, and it makes women feel empowered.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Adichie warn her friend about this concept at the start of Suggestion 4?

2. What is the issue with the word "princess" as presented in Suggestion 6?

3. In Suggestion 1, what piece of advice does the pioneering journalist, Marlene Sanders, give?

4. At the start of Suggestion 4, what does Adichie warn her friend about?

5. When does Adichie say Ijeawele should talk to Chizalum about sex?

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