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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 is Chief Nanga's previous occupation?

2. What does Chief Nanga think of the president of the Writer's Society's dress?

3. How does Jean look at Chief Nanga?

4. What is the name of Chief Nanga's second wife-to-be?

5. What is the general feeling of the people toward Odili's father?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is ironic about Chief Koko's reaction to drinking OHMS?

2. Why is Peter merely working as Odili's houseboy?

3. Why does Chief Nanga remember Odili?

4. Why is Mrs. Nanga concerned over her children losing their heritage?

5. How did Odili deal with his previous encounters with bucket latrines?

6. What impression does Odili convey in his description of Chief Nanga's library?

7. What personal goal does Odili not considering asking for help in achieving, as stated in Chapter 2?

8. What two admirable qualities does Chief Nanga demonstrate in Chapter 1, and how?

9. On what does Odili focus during Chief Nanga's speech in Chapter 6?

10. How does Odili's father treat his family?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

During Maxwell's impressive but inefficacious speech, it is revealed that the people have a certain resignation as to the greater affairs of state. Analyze this resignation: how it came about, why it persists, and what implications it has for the country within the story.

Essay Topic 2

The CPC announces that it must avoid being branded communist. Why does it want to avoid such? What ideals does it nonetheless hold? What names are mentioned in members' conversations? Do such ideals seem a practical resolution to the problems facing Nigeria? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

"A Man of the People" follows a common literary structure in which the action of the story moves one direction for the first half and then undergoes a reversal. Examine how this literary structure of plot parallels the development of the characters, as well as how it is essential to exposing the story's conflict, man vs. political corruption.

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