A Woman Alone: Autobiographical Writings Test | Final Test - Easy

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A Woman Alone: Autobiographical Writings Test | Final Test - Easy

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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 2, Bessie states that the South African blacks have been stripped bare of what?
(a) All personal integrity.
(b) Hopes and dreams.
(c) Their basic natures.
(d) Every human right.

2. Who was the great leader of Botswana that protected it's people?
(a) Abbal.
(b) Khama.
(c) Joran.
(d) Kobal.

3. What makes people suffer according to Bessie?
(a) Fear.
(b) Ignorance.
(c) People.
(d) Hatred.

4. What is the only industry that the British used Botswana for?
(a) Timber production.
(b) Farming.
(c) Railroad.
(d) Mining.

5. What is the result of the casual sexual practices of the men of Botswana?
(a) Rise in alcoholism.
(b) AIDS epidemic.
(c) More poverty.
(d) High rate of illegitimate births.

6. In Chapter 2, what does Bessie state is responsible for the elimination of polygamy in Botswana?
(a) New laws.
(b) Women's movement.
(c) Christianity.
(d) Education.

7. Bessie says that people in Botswana lead very what lives?
(a) Quiet.
(b) Secure.
(c) Unassuming.
(d) Rebellious.

8. Bessie's suffering in South Africa created in her a reverence for what?
(a) Innocence.
(b) Ordinary people.
(c) Peace.
(d) Quiet.

9. In her research for her novel, "Maru," Bessie worked right at the roots of what?
(a) Christianity.
(b) Oppression.
(c) Racial hatred.
(d) South African cultural diversity.

10. How many major tribes are there in Botswana?
(a) 4.
(b) 2.
(c) 5.
(d) 3.

11. Bessie states that the system in South Africa sees blacks as not what?
(a) Intelligent.
(b) Ambitious.
(c) Human.
(d) Worthy.

12. How did the British refer to Botswana in the early 1800's?
(a) Barren land of heathens.
(b) Desert full of blacks.
(c) God-awful country to live in.
(d) Hell on earth.

13. In Chapter 2, what did the British go to Rhodesia to find?
(a) Relaxation.
(b) Gold.
(c) Work.
(d) Schooling.

14. In "Despite broken bondage . . .," in the old days a woman was only regarded as sacred if she what?
(a) Owned cattle.
(b) Knew her place.
(c) Was an elder.
(d) Was a virgin.

15. According to Bessie in "African religions," what is at the root and foundation of African religion?
(a) Prayer.
(b) Sacrifice.
(c) Communal goodness.
(d) Family.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "A Question of Power," Bessie states that what can lead a people or a nation into a terrible abyss of destruction?

2. In "God and the underdog," what do the Ku Klux Klan members discover when they get to heaven?

3. In Chapter2, how does Bessie describe her third novel, "A Question of Power"?

4. Bessie states that one day all nations shall dwell under what shadow?

5. What did the British bring to South Africa, which aided women as food producers?

(see the answer keys)

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