I inferred you are referring to the Nigerian born writer Chimamanda Adichie's account found here (https://www.ted.com/talks/chimamanda_ngozi_adichie_the_danger_of_a_single_story?language=en).
<u>Explanation:</u>
Remember, in Adichie's talk she said referring to Fide, "the only thing my mother told me was that his family was very poor."
Later after she saw the basket fide's brother made she said "it had not occurred to me that anybody in his family could actually make something". This stereotyped view expressed in her words above complements the story of her college roommate’s stereotyped view of Adichie when she said, "she asked where I learned to speak English so well,....she had felt sorry for me even before she saw me. My roommate had a single of Africa; in this single-story, there was no possibility of Africans being similar to her in any way."
Indeed, her talk would have had a different impact without the story of Fide and his family, considering the fact that this was a real-life story so it made the best impact.
FALSE.
Defense mechanisms are not active, on the contrary, they are <em>unconscious</em> psychological mechanism that out bodies develop to protect ourselves from the feelings of stress, anxiety or guilt that can appear when facing threatening or harmful situations.
The correct answer among all the other choices is "they viewed themselves as vigorous and engaged." This is how the colonists saw themselves. Thank you for posting your question. I hope that this answer helped you. Let me know if you need more help.
The answer is b,They are waiting to hear which one of them Penelope will marry.
The correct one are A and C.