View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How will Ijeawele know that child-care work is being equally shared?
(a) True equality will exist and hatred toward one another will not be an issue.
(b) A strong relationship will grow, and the child will naturally be raised by both parents.
(c) True equality will exist and resentment does not.
(d) Love will blossom and both parents will feel whole.

2. What do both Adichie and Ijeawele agree to do in regards to the Suggestions?
(a) Adichie and Ijeawele agree to keep in touch.
(b) Adichie and Ijeawele agree to follow feminist principles.
(c) Adichie and Ijeawele agree to instill some of the Suggestions.
(d) Adichie and Ijeawele agree to try.

3. What does Adichie believe matters most in relation to the theme of Suggestion 1?
(a) Adichie believes that women must reject the idea that motherhood and work are mutually exclusive.
(b) Adichie gives the example that mothers worked while they were growing up, and they still turned out well.
(c) Adichie states that what matters is what you want for yourself, and not what others want.
(d) Adichie thinks shunning Igbo tradition is the only way to fully follow feminist principles.

4. 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 spends all the money, can a woman divorce him?
(b) If a man sleeps with another woman, and you forgive him, would the same be true for a women who slept with another man?
(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?

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Adichie say about her views on feminism to Ijeawele at the start of her Letter?

2. Adichie recommends that Chizalum be measured on what type of scale according to the ideologies of Suggestion 3?

3. What does Adichie believe needs more attention: sexism or racism? Why?

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

5. How does Adichie initially feel about her friend's request for advice?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Ijeawele need to choose her language when speaking with Chizalum?

2. What does Adichie hope to do with the letter as presented in the Introduction?

3. Why does the author argue against Feminism Lite?

4. Why is Adichie upset about children's clothing options in relation to gender?

5. Why does the reference in Suggestion 4 about Theresa May showcase Feminism Lite?

6. Why is it sexist for men to speak about rape and say, "if it were my daughter or wife or sister" (29).

7. At the end of Suggestion 2, why does Adichie state that Chudi deserve no additional gratitude or praise?

8. What does it mean to not define oneself solely by motherhood?

9. Adichie states that she hears women say, "Leave the woman alone to do what she wants as long as her husband allows" (22). Why does Adichie argue against this statement?

10. Why does Suggestion 1 ask Ijeawele to allow herself to fail?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 1,274 words (approx. 5 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample