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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Trivia Quiz

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is an author on the rise. Her first novel was published in 2003. The following are 10 questions about her life and works.

A multiple-choice quiz by pericles34. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
pericles34

Time
4 mins

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Multiple Choice

Quiz #
308,251

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

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Question 1 of 10

1. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie was born in what city? Hint

Nsukka, Nigeria

St. Paul, MN, USA

Enugu, Nigeria

Lagos, Nigeria

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Question 2 of 10

2. While living in Nsukka as a young girl, Chimamanda lived in a house that was once lived in by which Nigerian novelist? Hint

Ben Okri

Wole Soyinka

Chinua Achebe

Ken Saro-Wiwa

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Question 3 of 10

3. Before she was 21, Adichie had published a play and a collection of short stories; but it was not until 2003 that she released her first novel. What was the title? Hint

Purple Hibiscus

Arrow of God

Half of the Yellow Sun

For the Love of Biafra

4. Adichie graduated from Eastern Connecticut State in 2001. She then went onto Johns Hopkins to receive her master's in Creative Writing. From what Ivy League university did she then study at for her master's in African Studies? Hint

Yale

Dartmouth

Harvard

Bunker Hill Community College

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Question 5 of 10

5. In 2003 Adichie published an essay in Topic Magazine about returning to visit Nsukka after five years away. What was the title of the essay? Hint

Home is Where the Heart Was

Heart is Where the Home Was

Home is Where the Heart Is

Heart is Where the Home Is

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Question 6 of 10

6. Adichie's first novel was awarded what prize for best first book in 2005? Hint

National Book Prize

Nobel Prize for Literature

Pulitzer Prize

Commonwealth Book Prize

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Question 7 of 10

7. The first line of Purple Hibiscus is "Things began to fall apart at home when my brother, Jaja, did not go to communion and Papa flung his heavy missal across the room and broke the figurines on the �tag�re." To what other great Igbo novelist does this pay homage? Hint

Wole Soyinka

Ben Okri

Ken Saro-Wiwa

Chinua Achebe

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Question 8 of 10

8. Adichie's second novel about the Nigerian Civil War won the Orange Prize, awarded to the best novel written by a woman and published in the United Kingdom. What was the name of this award-winning novel? Hint

Half of a Yellow Sun

Half of a Yellow Moon

Half of the Red Sun

Half of the Red Moon

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Question 9 of 10

9. From what US University did Adichie receive her bachelor's degree? Hint

Harvard

Eastern Connecticut State University

Yale

Allegheny College

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Question 10 of 10

10. Also known as the "Genius Prize," what fellowship did Adichie receive for the year of 2008? Hint

MacArthur Fellows Program

Pew Fellowship in the Arts

William Hodges Fellowship

Fletcher Foundation Fellowship

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie was born in what city?

Answer: Enugu, Nigeria

Chimamanda was born in 1977 in Enugu. At a young age she moved to the university town of Nsukka.

2. While living in Nsukka as a young girl, Chimamanda lived in a house that was once lived in by which Nigerian novelist?

Answer: Chinua Achebe

At the end of the Biafra-Nigerian War, Achebe took a job at the University of Nigeria in Nsukka. In 1972, he and his family moved to Amherst, MA when he took a job at the University of Massachusetts.

3. Before she was 21, Adichie had published a play and a collection of short stories; but it was not until 2003 that she released her first novel. What was the title?

Answer: Purple Hibiscus

"Purple Hibiscus" is a coming of age story of a teenage girl living in a new Africa and her life living with her commanding father and free spirited aunt.

Answer: Yale

Adichie's sister had a medical practice in Connecticut. Adichie tried to stay close to her sister.

5. In 2003 Adichie published an essay in Topic Magazine about returning to visit Nsukka after five years away. What was the title of the essay?

Answer: Heart is Where the Home Was

The essay is a you-can-never-go-home-again story. But it finishes with what I find one of the best introspective lines: "I realized that there were things I would always look for and never find."

6. Adichie's first novel was awarded what prize for best first book in 2005?

Answer: Commonwealth Book Prize

The Commonwealth Book Prize is designed to promote fiction writing from the 53 nations of the Commonwealth of Nations. In addition to the best first book, there are regional and worldwide Best Book winners.

Answer: Chinua Achebe

Achebe's world acclaimed novel able the coming of colonialism in Nigeria is entitled "Things Fall Apart." In 2009, the American literary magazine, "The Believer" said the opening line, "marks Adichie's debt to her Igbo forebear but also signals her differing concerns."

Answer: Half of a Yellow Sun

The title refers to the flag of the breakaway republic of Biafra. From 1967-1970, the Igbo regions of Nigeria sought to secede from Nigeria. The novel follows the lives of Igbos caught up in the war.

9. From what US University did Adichie receive her bachelor's degree?

Answer: Eastern Connecticut State University

Adichie graduated summa cum laude in communications from Eastern Connecticut in 2001.

10. Also known as the "Genius Prize," what fellowship did Adichie receive for the year of 2008?

Answer: MacArthur Fellows Program

The MacArthur Fellowship is a $500,000 award given to those who have shown creative talent in arts or sciences. It is meant to nurture future work rather than reward past work.

Source: Author pericles34

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