Danger of a Single Story & Two Kinds

Question 1

easily influenced because of a lack of critical ability.

Answer 1

Impressionable

Question 2

based on or in accordance with what is generally done or believed.

Answer 2

conventional

Question 3

Relating to the running of a home or to family relations.

Answer 3

Domestic

Question 4

fiber from the leaves of a type of palm tree, used for making mats, baskets etc.

Answer 4

Rafia

Question 5

treat in a way that is apparently kind or helpful but that betrays a feeling of superiority.

Answer 5

Patronize

Question 6

not able to be understood; not intelligible.

Answer 6

Incomprehensible

Question 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.

Answer 7

Rudyard Kipling

Question 8

the quality of being authentic.

Answer 8

Authenticity

Question 9

experienced or present to the maximum degree.

Answer 9

Abject

Question 10

having a woolly covering.

Answer 10

Fleece

Question 11

deprive (someone) of land, property, or other possessions.

Answer 11

dispossess

Question 12

a fixed amount of a commodity officially allowed to each person during a time of shortage, as in wartime.

Answer 12

Ration

Question 13

a widely held but fixed and oversimplified image or idea of a particular type of person or thing.

Answer 13

Stereotypes

Question 14

the Nigerian movie industry, based in Lagos.

Answer 14

Nollywood

Question 15

featuring new methods; advanced and original.

Answer 15

innovative

Question 16

renovate and redecorate

Answer 16

Refurbishing

Question 17

evil in nature or effect; malevolent.

Answer 17

Malign

Question 18

Shirley Temple Black was an American actress, singer, dancer, and diplomat who was Hollywood’s number one box-office draw as a child actress

Answer 18

Shirley temple

Question 19

The Mission District commonly known as The Mission is a neighborhood in San Francisco, California.

Answer 19

Mission District

Question 20

an adult who does not want to grow up, one who hangs on to adolescent interests and attitudes.

Answer 20

Peter pan

Question 21

treatment or circumstances that cause one to feel shame or to lose one’s dignity.

Answer 21

Indignity

Question 22

address (someone) in such a way as to express disapproval or disappointment

Answer 22

Reproach

Question 23

Nairobi is the capital and largest city of Kenya. The name comes from the Masai phrase Enkare Nairobi,

Answer 23

Nairobi

Question 24

the son of Asa, and the fourth king of the Kingdom of Judah, in succession to his father.

Answer 24

Jehoshaphat

Question 25

a device making a loud, deep sound as a warning to ships in fog.

Answer 25

Foghorns

Question 26

The Ed Sullivan Show is an American television variety show that ran on CBS from June 20, 1948, to March 28, 1971, and was hosted by New York entertainment

Answer 26

Ed Sullivan show

Question 26

The Ed Sullivan Show is an American television variety show that ran on CBS from June 20, 1948, to March 28, 1971, and was hosted by New York entertainment

Answer 26

Ed Sullivan show

Question 27

hold the attention of (someone) to the exclusion of all else or so as to transfix them.

Answer 27

Mesmerize

Question 28

a state of being pleasantly lost in one's thoughts; a daydream

Answer 28

Reverie