Danger of a single story and two kinds

Question 1

Impressionable

Answer 1

susceptible,feeling,affectable

Question 2

conventional

Answer 2

current,ordinary,traditional

Question 3

Domestic

Answer 3

private,devoted,indoor

Question 4

Raffia

Answer 4

a fiber obtained from the leaves of the raffia palm, used for tying plants and other objects and for making mats, baskets, hats, and the like.

Question 5

Patronize

Answer 5

snub,indulge,favor

Question 6

incomprehensible

Answer 6

unimaginable,mystifying,baffling

Question 7

Rudyard Kipling

Answer 7

Joseph Rudyard Kipling was an English novelist, short-story writer, poet, and journalist. He was born in British India, which inspired much of his work. Kipling’s works of fiction include the Jungle Book dilogy, Kim, the Just So Stories and many short stories, including The Man Who Would Be King.

Question 8

Authenticity

Answer 8

accuracy,purity,credibility

Question 9

Fleece

Answer 9

cheat,swindle,rip off

Question 10

Abject

Answer 10

dejected,fawning,dishonorable

Question 11

Dispossess

Answer 11

eject,appropriate,evict

Question 12

Ration

Answer 12

apportionment,assignment,quota

Question 13

stereotypes

Answer 13

average,formula,convention

Question 14

Nollywood

Answer 14

Nollywood is a sobriquet that originally referred to the Nigerian film industry. The origin of the term dates back to the early 2000s, traced to an article in The New York Times.

Question 15

Innovation

Answer 15

modernization,alteration,mutation

Question 16

Refurbishing

Answer 16

alteration,reworking,improvement

Question 17

Malign

Answer 17

baneful,deleterious,maleficent