Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie - Exam
  • 1. When was Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie born?
A) April 5, 1990
B) August 10, 1965
C) September 15, 1977
D) October 25, 1980
  • 2. In which country was Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie born?
A) Nigeria
B) Ghana
C) South Africa
D) Kenya
  • 3. What is the title of Adichie's debut novel?
A) We Should All Be Feminists
B) Half of a Yellow Sun
C) Purple Hibiscus
D) Americanah
  • 4. Which of Adichie's works was adapted into a movie starring Thandie Newton and Chiwetel Ejiofor?
A) Half of a Yellow Sun
B) Purple Hibiscus
C) Americanah
D) We Should All Be Feminists
  • 5. What is the name of Adichie's short story collection that was published in 2009?
A) The Thing Around Your Neck
B) This Is How You Lose Her
C) Interpreter of Maladies
D) Dear Ijeawele, or A Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions
  • 6. What is the setting of Adichie's novel 'Americanah'?
A) Brazil
B) France
C) Nigeria and the United States
D) South Africa
  • 7. Which prestigious literary award did Adichie win for her novel 'Half of a Yellow Sun'?
A) Orange Prize for Fiction
B) Pulitzer Prize
C) Man Booker Prize
D) Nobel Prize in Literature
  • 8. Which of Adichie's novels explores themes of race, identity, and the immigrant experience in America?
A) Americanah
B) We Should All Be Feminists
C) Half of a Yellow Sun
D) Purple Hibiscus
  • 9. In which year was Adichie named one of the world's 100 most influential people by Time magazine?
A) 2015
B) 2008
C) 2012
D) 2017
  • 10. In which Nigerian city was Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie born?
A) Kano
B) Lagos
C) Abuja
D) Enugu
  • 11. At what age did Adichie move to the United States for her studies?
A) 19
B) 25
C) 21
D) 30
  • 12. Which university did Adichie attend first in the United States?
A) Harvard University
B) Drexel University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
C) Yale University
D) Johns Hopkins University
  • 13. What was Adichie's first published work?
A) Purple Hibiscus
B) Americanah
C) Decisions, a poetry collection
D) Half of a Yellow Sun
  • 14. Which Igbo author inspired Adichie's writing style?
A) Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o
B) Wole Soyinka
C) Chinua Achebe
D) Nadine Gordimer
  • 15. Which Ted Talk by Adichie was featured in Beyoncé's song?
A) "We Should All Be Feminists"
B) "The Danger of a Single Story"
C) "The Power of Storytelling"
D) "Why We Should Read More Books"
  • 16. In which year did Adichie receive the MacArthur Fellowship?
A) 2008
B) 2010
C) 2017
D) 2015
  • 17. Which university's commencement ceremony did Adichie speak at in 2018?
A) Princeton University
B) Yale University
C) Columbia University
D) Harvard University
  • 18. What was Adichie's original English name at birth?
A) Amanda
B) Grace
C) Chimamanda
D) Ngozi
  • 19. What was the name of Adichie's father?
A) Chinua Achebe
B) James Nwoye Adichie
C) Buchi Emecheta
D) Wole Soyinka
  • 20. Which war had a significant impact on Adichie's childhood?
A) The Biafran War
B) World War II
C) Nigerian Civil War
D) First Liberian Civil War
  • 21. What was the title of Adichie's short story published in 2000?
A) "My Mother, the Crazy African"
B) "Half of a Yellow Sun"
C) "The Thing Around Your Neck"
D) "Purple Hibiscus"
  • 22. Which university did Adichie transfer to after Drexel University?
A) Princeton University
B) Yale University
C) Eastern Connecticut State University
D) Johns Hopkins University
  • 23. What was the name of Adichie's mother?
A) Buchi Emecheta
B) Grace Odigwe
C) Nadine Gordimer
D) Chimamanda Ngozi
  • 24. What was Adichie's major at Eastern Connecticut State University?
A) Political Science
B) Creative Writing
C) English Literature
D) Communications
  • 25. What challenge did literary agents initially present to Adichie regarding her manuscript?
A) They asked her to rewrite it as non-fiction.
B) They requested changing the setting from Africa to America.
C) They wanted a different title for the book.
D) They suggested focusing on European themes.
  • 26. Who was the literary agent that accepted Adichie's manuscript?
A) Pearson Morris and Belt Literary Management
B) Djana Pearson Morris
C) Sarah Chalfant
D) Fourth Estate
  • 27. Which company first published Purple Hibiscus in the United States?
A) Wylie Agency
B) Algonquin Books
C) Pearson Morris and Belt Literary Management
D) Kachifo Limited
  • 28. In what year was Purple Hibiscus published in the United Kingdom?
A) 2003
B) 2004
C) 2005
D) 2006
  • 29. Which company published Purple Hibiscus in Nigeria?
A) Fourth Estate
B) Algonquin Books
C) Kachifo Limited
D) Wylie Agency
  • 30. Into how many languages has Purple Hibiscus been translated?
A) Ten
B) More than forty
C) Fifty
D) Twenty-five
  • 31. In which year was 'The Danger of a Single Story' TED Talk delivered by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie?
A) 2012
B) 2013
C) 2017
D) 2009
  • 32. What was the title of the lecture Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie delivered at the Guildhall in London on 15 March 2012?
A) Writer, Thinker, Feminist: Vignettes from Life
B) We Should All Be Feminists
C) Connecting Cultures
D) The Danger of a Single Story
  • 33. Which event did Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie speak at in Cartagena, Colombia in 2019?
A) Yale University's Class Day
B) BBC Newsnight debate
C) Gabriel García Márquez Lecture
D) Commonwealth Lecture
  • 34. Which magazine's editor did Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie debate on BBC Newsnight?
A) The American Spectator
B) Time Magazine
C) Vogue
D) The New Yorker
  • 35. Which foundation's symposium did Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie speak at in 2019?
A) Rockefeller Foundation
B) Conrad N. Hilton Foundation
C) MacArthur Foundation
D) Ford Foundation
  • 36. Which institution did Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie become the first African to speak at in 2019?
A) Johns Hopkins University
B) Yale University's Class Day
C) University of Michigan–Flint
D) Vanderbilt University
  • 37. What was the focus of media attention after Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's speech with Hillary Clinton at PEN World Voices Festival?
A) The Biafran conflict
B) Why Clinton's Twitter profile began with 'wife'
C) Violence in Colombia
D) Economic disenfranchisement
  • 38. In which year did Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie deliver her second annual Eudora Welty Lecture?
A) 2016
B) 2019
C) 2018
D) 2017
  • 39. What did Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie discuss at the Frankfurt Book Fair?
A) The Biafran conflict
B) Breaking cycles which silence women's voices
C) Economic disenfranchisement
D) Violence in Colombia
  • 40. In which year did Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie publish 'Zikora'?
A) 2019
B) 2023
C) 2020
D) 2021
  • 41. What is the title of the essay Adichie expanded into a book after her father's death?
A) Reflections on Loss
B) A Father Remembered
C) Grieving My Father
D) Notes on Grief
  • 42. Who illustrated the children's edition of 'We Should All Be Feminists'?
A) Leire Salaberria
B) Nwankwo
C) Joelle Avelino
D) Oliver De Coque
  • 43. Which illustrator worked on 'Mama's Sleeping Scarf'?
A) Leire Salaberria
B) Nwankwo
C) Oliver De Coque
D) Joelle Avelino
  • 44. What is the title of Adichie's novel published in 2025?
A) Counting Stars
B) Feminist Dreams
C) African Dream
D) Dream Count
  • 45. In which year did Adichie deliver the BBC's Reith Lectures?
A) 2024
B) 2021
C) 2023
D) 2022
  • 46. Which speech inspired Adichie's first of the BBC's 2022 Reith Lectures?
A) John F. Kennedy's 'Ich bin ein Berliner' speech
B) Martin Luther King Jr.'s 'I Have a Dream' speech
C) Franklin D. Roosevelt's 'Four Freedoms' speech
D) Winston Churchill's 'Iron Curtain' speech
  • 47. In 'Purple Hibiscus', what does the name Ọlanna literally mean?
A) 'Golden Child'
B) 'Divine Light'
C) 'God's Gold'
D) 'Precious One'
  • 48. What theme is central to Adichie's works according to a 2011 conversation with Binyavanga Wainaina?
A) War
B) Identity
C) Colonialism
D) Love
  • 49. Who was cited by Adichie as her style idol?
A) Angela Merkel.
B) Meghan, Duchess of Sussex.
C) Maria Grazia Chiuri.
D) Michelle Obama.
  • 50. What award did Adichie win in 2018 for the 'Wear Nigerian' campaign?
A) An Oscar.
B) A Shorty Award.
C) A Grammy.
D) A Nobel Prize.
  • 51. In what year was Adichie selected to appear on the cover of British Vogue, guest-edited by Meghan, Duchess of Sussex?
A) 2020.
B) 2019.
C) 2017.
D) 2018.
  • 52. What religion was Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie raised in?
A) Hinduism
B) Protestantism
C) Catholicism
D) Islam
  • 53. What title was given to Adichie's article published in L'Osservatore Romano?
A) "Cultural Identity and Religion"
B) "Faith in Times of Conflict"
C) "The Church and Modern Society"
D) "Sognare come un'unica umanità" (Dreaming as a Single Humanity)
  • 54. Who was a close friend of Adichie that publicly came out in 2014?
A) Nigerian singer Fela Kuti
B) Ghanaian poet Ama Ata Aidoo
C) South African author Nadine Gordimer
D) Kenyan writer Binyavanga Wainaina
  • 55. What is Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's religious affiliation?
A) Muslim
B) Hindu
C) Atheist
D) Catholic
  • 56. How many children does Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie have?
A) Four
B) Two
C) Three
D) One
  • 57. What was the name of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's father?
A) Ivara Esege
B) Not explicitly mentioned
C) Biyi Bandele
D) Enoch
  • 58. Which magazine did Obi-Young Otosirieze write a cover story about Adichie for in September 2021?
A) Brittle Paper
B) The Guardian
C) Open Country Mag
D) The New Yorker
  • 59. Which artist sampled parts of Adichie's TEDx Talk in the song 'Flawless'?
A) Adele
B) Taylor Swift
C) Beyoncé
D) Rihanna
  • 60. In what year was Adichie's novel Half of a Yellow Sun adapted into a film?
A) 2015
B) 2016
C) 2013
D) 2014
  • 61. Who directed the film adaptation of Adichie's novel Half of a Yellow Sun?
A) Chinua Achebe
B) Luke Ndidi Okolo
C) Biyi Bandele
D) Toyin Falola
  • 62. Which city featured a mural including Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie in 2018?
A) Abuja
B) Kano
C) Madrid
D) Lagos
  • 63. Who described Adichie as 'Africa's preeminent storyteller'?
A) Daria Tunca
B) Ernest Emenyonu
C) Izuu Nwankwọ
D) Toyin Falola
  • 64. Which book critic called Adichie's invented Igbo naming scheme an 'artform'?
A) Ernest Emenyonu
B) Daria Tunca
C) Izuu Nwankwọ
D) Toyin Falola
  • 65. Which award did Adichie win for her book 'Dear Ijeawele' in 2017?
A) W. E. B. Du Bois Medal
B) Le Grand Prix de l'Héroïne Madame Figaro
C) National Book Critics Circle Award
D) PEN Pinter Prize
  • 66. Which story from 'The Thing Around Your Neck' was included in The Best American Short Stories 2011?
A) "That Harmattan Morning"
B) "You in America"
C) "Ceiling"
D) "The American Embassy"
  • 67. Which award did Adichie receive from Harvard University in 2022?
A) W. E. B. Du Bois Medal
B) MacArthur Fellowship
C) PEN Pinter Prize
D) Barnard Medal of Distinction
  • 68. In which year was Adichie listed on The New Yorker's "20 Under 40" authors?
A) 2015
B) 2010
C) 2008
D) 2014
  • 69. Which award did Adichie's story 'That Harmattan Morning' win?
A) Caine Prize for African Writing
B) O. Henry Award
C) BBC World Service Short Story Competition
D) David T. Wong International Short Story Prize
  • 70. What title was Adichie honored with by her hometown in December 2022?
A) PEN Pinter Prize
B) W. E. B. Du Bois Medal
C) Order of the Federal Republic
D) "Odeluwa"
  • 71. Which project initiated by the Hay Festival selected Adichie in 2014?
A) Barnard Medal of Distinction
B) Africa39
C) W. E. B. Du Bois Medal
D) PEN Pinter Prize
  • 72. In which year did Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie publish 'Half of a Yellow Sun'?
A) 2006
B) 2009
C) 2013
D) 2025
  • 73. Which publisher released the first edition of 'Americanah'?
A) Fourth Estate
B) Alfred A. Knopf
C) Penguin Random House
D) Anchor Books
  • 74. What is the ISBN for 'Half of a Yellow Sun'?
A) 978-1-4000-4416-0
B) 978-0-593-80272-4
C) N/A
D) 978-1-101-91176-1
  • 75. In which year was 'Dream Count' published?
A) 2013
B) 2006
C) 2014
D) 2025
  • 76. 'We Should All Be Feminists' was published in which year?
A) 2014
B) 2009
C) 2021
D) 2017
  • 77. What is the ISBN for 'We Should All Be Feminists'?
A) 978-1-4000-4416-0
B) N/A
C) 978-0-593-80272-4
D) 978-1-101-91176-1
  • 78. 'Purple Hibiscus' was published by which publisher?
A) Fourth Estate
B) Penguin Random House
C) Anchor Books
D) Alfred A. Knopf
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