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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Adichie think that the word "allowed" is so offensive in Suggestion 4?
(a) Adichie believes it has a connotation that targets vulnerable women.
(b) Adichie believes it helps catapult women above women, which goes against the idea of equality.
(c) Adichie believes that women should not have the right to tell their husbands what they are and are not allowed to do.
(d) Adichie believes it contributes to the notion that men are superior and in control of women.

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

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

4. What is the better alternative to saying, "Don't you know you're old enough to find a husband?" (27)?
(a) You are old enough to help your mother.
(b) You are old enough to go to college.
(c) You are old enough to find a job.
(d) You are old enough to take care of children.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the sad truth mentioned at the end of Suggestion 4?

2. What is one way a new mother can approach parenting as recommended in Suggestion 1?

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

4. What is the issue with the word "princess" as presented in Suggestion 6?

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

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