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

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

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Adichie encounter feminism within the child's clothing industry?
(a) Adichie sees that colors are unrightfully associated with genders, and that girls should always wear blue to protest this.
(b) Adichie sees the separation of colors based on genders, and she is determined to change the clothing industry.
(c) Adichie sees that colors are unrightfully associated with genders, and that the boy colors are more vibrant and varied.
(d) Adichie sees the bountiful amount of colors that are available to both genders.

2. Why does Adichie warn her friend about this concept at the start of Suggestion 4?
(a) Adichie warns her, because it is a hollow, appeasing, and bankrupt; it does not require one to fully believe in the cause.
(b) Adichie warns her, because she does not want Ijeawele to become affiliated with the wrong types of feminists.
(c) Adichie warns her, because she wants to affirm that feminism is a serious topic.
(d) Adichie warns her, because it is a mean, ineffective, silly interpretation of feminism; it does not require advocacy.

3. As mentioned in Suggestion 3, what idea needs to be questioned as far as women's roles in marriage?
(a) The idea that women are caretakers.
(b) The idea that women are prizes.
(c) The idea that women are mothers.
(d) The idea that women must agree with their husbands on matters of finance.

4. What does Adichie decide to do as a response to Ijeawele's request in the Introduction?
(a) Adichie decides to speak with Ijeawele's daughter.
(b) Adichie decides to write a book.
(c) Adichie decides to speak with Ijeawele.
(d) Adichie decides to write a letter.

5. Why does it matter what Ijeawele says to her child in Suggestion 6?
(a) What Ijeawele say tells her what is good or bad.
(b) Chizalum will use those same words later.
(c) Chizalum will learn what is most important.
(d) What Ijeawele say teaches Chizalum what she needs to value.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the Adichie's first thought when her friend makes her request?

2. What is an example that Adichie provides in response to portraying one of the tools at the start of the text?

3. How does Adichie feel about work as recommended in Suggestion 3?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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