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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Suggestions 4 - 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Suggestion 6, what does Adichie ask Chizalum to question about men who have empathy for women?
(a) Chizalum should question all men's motives when it comes to empathizing with women.
(b) Chizalum should question men who see women as objects and not people.
(c) Chizalum should question men who only see women as rational rather than individuals.
(d) Chizalum should question men who only accept women who are beautiful rather than for what they do.

2. 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 forgive him, would the same be true for a women who slept with another man?
(b) If a man spends all the money, can a woman divorce him?
(c) If a man sleeps with another woman, and you find out, would you be able to leave him?
(d) If a man fights with a woman, can a woman fight back?

3. Because of the previous recommendations in Suggestion 3, Adichie asks that Chizalum be given what?
(a) To be seen as an individual.
(b) To be a subservient woman.
(c) To learn how to fight misogyny.
(d) To battle gender roles.

4. If Philip May were prime minister, what word might we hear in reference to his wife as discussed in Suggestion 4?
(a) Supportive.
(b) Beautiful.
(c) Inferior.
(d) Advocate.

5. What warning does Adichie make to her friend at the end of the Opening of the Letter?
(a) Chizalum will turn out according to society, but Ijeawele should punish her if she does.
(b) Ijeawele will not be able to teach all Suggestions, but she should focus on some.
(c) Ijeawele might do everything Adichie suggests, but Chizalum will turn out differently.
(d) Society will tell Chizalum to be careful how she acts around men.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the one activity that Ijeawele's husband, Chudi, cannot participate in while raising their child?

2. What charge does Adichie take seriously according to her Letter?

3. How does Adichie define the first premise of feminism at the start of her Letter?

4. What argument is made about cooking in Suggestion 3?

5. What is a phase that Adichie associates with the notion that caregiving and domestic work are singularly female domains?

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