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Quizzes //
Who go beyond a single story?
What do you know about the single story? Test your knowledge on stereotypes, misconceptions and going beyond the single story with this 14-question GCSE quiz.
If you haven't already done it, work through the unit on going beyond the single story on the PowerPoint. Or look at it again to help fill in any gaps in your knowledge!
HIGH SCORES
| Rank | Name | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | AAA | 28 |
| 2nd | S.Z | 28 |
| 3rd | S.S | 28 |
| 4th | abD | 28 |
| 5th | VL- | 28 |
| 6th | FUC | 27 |
| 7th | SSA | 26 |
| 8th | DCH | 26 |
| 9th | AJW | 26 |
| 10th | HAI | 24 |
QUIZZES // Why go beyond the single story?
Q1. What is an LIC?
Less informed country
Low income country
Low income continent
Less informed continent
Q2. Which country is Chimamanda Ngozi Adiche from?
Africa
Niger
Nigeria
Benin
Q3. What is the single story?
A fairy tale about a place
A rich exploration of the story of a place
Only having one view of a place
A way of remembering a place
Q4. Where does Adiche think the single story of Africa ultimately comes from?
Western literature
People visiting on holiday
Documentaries on TV
News articles
Q5. Adiche says, ‘Stories have been used to dispossess and to malign, but stories can also be used to empower and to humanize’. What is meant by ‘malign’?
Praise
Confuse
Make it look good
Make it look bad
Q6. What is a stereotype?
An opinion which is incorrect
A view that is oversimplified
A good way to make things easier
A misconception
Q7. What is a misconception?
An opinion which is incorrect
A view that is oversimplified
A good way to make things easier
A stereotype
Q8. Where is Uganda?
North Africa
East Africa
South Africa
West Africa
Q9. Why might a charity leaflet only tell a single story of a place?
It didn’t have enough time for research
Some places only have one story
It wants a strong, sad story to get donations
There was limited space on the leaflet
Q10. Why is telling a single story a problem?
It is boring
It promotes misconceptions and stereotypes
It shows that all parts of a country are the same
It is easier to do
Q11. What does Dollar Street from Gapminder show?
Who earns the most money in the world
How people with different amounts of money live
How people in one country have the same way of life
The way everybody in one place lives
Q12. How can we go beyond the single story of a place?
Find one more story so we have two
Look at how it compares to other places
Explore the richness and complexity of the place
Learn the single story really well
Q13. Do single stories affect HICs as well as LICs?
Yes
No
Sometimes
Maybe
Q14. What does Adichie think we will regain when we realize that there is never a single story about any place?
Peace
Wisdom
Enlightenment
Paradise
Finished!
You scored this time. The more correct answers you give, and the fewer incorrect answers you guess, the better your score.
