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

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

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Suggestions 7 - 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Adichie say needs to be the second part of, "If you criticize X in women, but do not criticize X in men..." (27)?
(a) One is using X incorrectly and needs to look closer at feminism.
(b) One does not have a problem with X; one has a problem with both genders.
(c) One does not have a problem with X; one has a problem with women.
(d) One is making excuses using X and does not get the overall message.

2. What charge does Adichie take seriously according to her Letter?
(a) How to raise an independent thinker.
(b) How to raise a strong woman.
(c) How to raise a religious woman.
(d) How to raise a feminist.

3. 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?
(a) Adichie thinks is is ridiculous that a father be more revered than a mother when the mother is the actually the one who does most of the work; she deserves more praise.
(b) Adichie promotes the notion that fathers do not deserve additional gratitude or praise for bringing a child into the world just as the mothers do; the child belongs equally to them.
(c) Adichie recognizes that men need recognition to be more involved in their child's lives, so it is necessary.
(d) Adichie promotes that fathers should be overly praised, so that they are more active in their child's life.

4. What are some other reasons Adichie gives for keeping her last name?
(a) Adichie is the only name she has ever known.
(b) Adichie is the name she has had since birth, the name that has traveled with her through life's milestones.
(c) Adichie signifies her Igbo culture, and she does not want to take on her American husband's name and lose that.
(d) Adichie is the name her mother has always called her, and it means strength in Igbo.

5. What does Adichie believe needs more attention: sexism or racism? Why?
(a) Adichie sees sexism as being more important, because it is still unacknowledged as being a real issue, while racism is easily accepted as a problem.
(b) Adichie thinks both ventures are equally important, because they are both forms of persecution.
(c) Adichie feels that sexism needs more attention in our present society, because there have been so many examples of violence that have stemmed due to the misunderstanding of this topic.
(d) Adichie thinks racism is at the forefront, but sexism is a close second.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does this self, identified by Adichie in Suggestion 8, look like in more descriptive terms?

2. How old is Ijeawele's daughter when Adichie writes her letter?

3. What is the idea of the danger Adichie talks about at the start of Suggestion 4?

4. How does Adichie encounter feminism within the child's clothing industry?

5. In Suggestion 9, what is one part of Igbo culture that should be not valued?

(see the answer key)

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