PLEASE SOMEONE ANSWER! SEARCH THE PASSAGE “The Danger of a Single Story” FROM THE WEBSITE.

GIVING POINTS AWAY!

1. PART A: Which of the
following identifies the central idea of the text?

A. By only exposing ourselves to a single story, we run the risk of constructing overly-simplistic understandings of other people and places.

B. By only reading a single story, we cheat ourselves of experiencing different cultures from different perspectives.

C. Literature is reflective of the stories that are most popular and that people are most likely to identify with.

D. Literature primarily shapes the understanding of children, while adults are less likely to construct their views of the world based on a single story.

2. PART B: Which section from the text best supports the answer to Part A?

A. “What this demonstrates, I think, is how impressionable and vulnerable we are in the face of a story, particularly as children.” (Paragraph 8)

B. “Like our economic and political worlds, stories too are defined by the principle of nkali: How they are told, who tells them, when they're told, how many stories are told, are really dependent on power.” (Paragraph 26)

C. “The single story creates stereotypes, and the problem with stereotypes is not that they are untrue, but that they are incomplete. They make one story become the only story.” (Paragraph 38)

D. “What if my roommate knew about the female lawyer who recently went to court in Nigeria to challenge a ridiculous law that required women to get their husband's consent before renewing their passports?” (Paragraph 47)