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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Msimangu ministers to a community of people who suffer from which of the following?
2. What was the motive for Absalom and his accomplices to break into the Jarvis house?
3. After meeting with Absalom’s girl, how does Kumalo feel about the prospects for the future?
4. What tragedy does the black woman suffer?
5. Why does Kumalo humbly accept this apology rather than expressing his true feelings about the unnecessary anger directed at him?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does Msimangu apologize to Kumalo after they have met the pregnant girl?
2. What feelings do Stephen Kumalo and his wife have before they open the letter they receive at the beginning of the book? Why do they feel this way?
3. How does the white reformatory worker’s attitude toward Absalom differ from all the other people who have interacted with Absalom that Kumalo meets?
4. Why does the government like Msimangu as a preacher? How is he like John Kumalo in his oratory?
5. How does the first chapter describe the land of the Umzimkulu valley? How does this reflect on the state of the people who live there?
6. Explain why the lawyer, Mr. Carmichael, takes Absalom’s case without payment.
7. What does Kumalo fear when he hears of Arthur Jarvis’ murder?
8. Describe Kumalo’s initial physical reaction when the white reformatory worker comes to apologize. Why does Kumalo behave this way? What effect does it have on the white reformer?
9. Describe the white reformatory worker’s reaction to the news that Absalom killed Arthur Jarvis, and why he reacts this way.
10. Explain the irony of the death of Arthur Jarvis at the hands of a black person.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the representations of gender and gender expectations in Cry, the Beloved Country. In what ways does inequality extend to gender? What are the impacts of gender inequality and oppression? How is this depicted in the novel?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss various adaptations of Cry, the Beloved Country and their relationship to the novel. What films have been made based upon the novel? What are the complications that a screenwriter might have in adapting this novel to the screen?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the author's use of irony in Cry, the Beloved Country. What are specific examples of irony from the text? What type of irony is being used? How does this example further the plot of the narrative?
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