ESL 151 - Reading and Composition » Spring 2023 » Reading Quiz The Danger of a Single Story by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

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Question #1
What does Adichie mean when she talks about a "single story"?
A.   She is describing a situation in which you only know one thing about a person or a group of people, such as knowing that many people from Africa are poor and assuming that all Africans are poor.
B.   She is talking about people who get too attached to their favorite book and never read any others.
C.   She is describing a popular type of story about a main character who is unmarried.
D.   She is discussing the danger of believing that a religious story is completely and literally true.
Question #2
What is the point of Adichie's story about reading British and American books as a child?
A.   Because she read a lot of books as a child, she had a strong imagination.
B.   She was inspired to travel to the United States because she read so many American books.
C.   Because the only books she read had British and American characters, she thought that all stories had to have British or American characters.
D.   She had access to a lot of books because her parents were professors.
Question #3
What does Adichie say about her college roommate?
A.   Her roommate avoided her because she was racist.
B.   Her roommate treated her as an equal and never stereotyped her.
C.   Her roommate was excited to find out that she liked Mariah Carey.
D.   Her roommate made assumptions about her and felt sorry for her before getting to know her.
Question #4
Adichie says that it is impossible to talk about the single story without talking about…
A.   Love.
B.   Racism.
C.   Empathy.
D.   Power.
Question #5
According to Adichie, what is the problem with stereotypes?
A.   They are hateful.
B.   They are untrue.
C.   They are incomplete.
D.   They are patronizing.

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