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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. What does the king command his attendants to do to the drinkard and his wife?
2. Who do the townspeople want to exile?
3. What is NOT true about the terrible animal?
4. What is the protagonist's name?
5. What color are the creatures the drinkard meets in "No road--out to travel from bust to bush to the Dead's town"?
Short Essay Questions
1. What kind of story is this? How is it told?
2. How does the drinkard react when he first sees the Skull as a "complete gentleman"?
3. Describe "Laugh."
4. In "Three Good Creatures Took Over Our Trouble," how do the drinkard and his wife make money? What might this say about their characters?
5. How is the "bush" personified in "Not Too Small to be Chosen"?
6. Do the drinkard and his wife enjoy staying on Wraith-Island? Why or why not?
7. Describe the white monster that the drinkard and his wife encounter in "No Road--Ought to Travel from Bush to Bush to the Dead's Town."
8. Describe Skull and his house.
9. When following and spying on Skull, what does the drinkard turn himself into and why?
10. There is a common saying, "like father like son." How is this true in respect to the drinkard and his son Zurrjir?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Comment on the grotesque elements in this novel. Give at least three examples of the grotesque and explain their significance within the novel. How would the novel be different without these grotesque elements?
Essay Topic 2
Although written in the folktale fashion, The Palm-wine Drinkard is a product of an educated Nigerian man who wrote for an English speaking publisher, during the 20th century. Discuss the balance between African tradition and Western modernization. Use at least three distinct examples from the book.
Essay Topic 3
The Palm-wine Drinkard is a circular story in that the main character ends back in the place where he started, his hometown. Explain three possible motives for developing and ending the story like this.
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