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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the shame we attach to female sexuality truly about, according to Suggestion 12?
(a) Biology.
(b) Control.
(c) Family values.
(d) Male dominance.

2. What are some skills to teach Chizalum about inequality and privilege?
(a) Household help is human and greet the driver.
(b) Household help should be left alone and tip your driver.
(c) Household help needs to be given direction and rich people should be treated like they are rich.
(d) Household help is exactly that, help, so treat them that way until they prove to be very good at their jobs.

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

4. How long has Adichie known Ijeawele as mentioned in the Introduction?
(a) Since college.
(b) Since they both joined a local club.
(c) Since high school.
(d) Since childhood.

5. How does Adichie feel about work as recommended in Suggestion 3?
(a) Women do not have to love their jobs; they have to love what their jobs do for them.
(b) Women do not have to have a job; they are allowed to be homemakers.
(c) Women do not have to like their jobs; they have to do them well.
(d) Women should love their work to show their independence.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. At the start of Suggestion 6, how does the author define "language"?

3. What is better than likability, as stated in Suggestion 8?

4. What example does Adichie provide to prove her point about Igbo tradition?

5. Why is the phrase that "a mother is really in charge behind the scenes" upsetting to feminist thought?

(see the answer key)

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