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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. In what way will the new political party differ from the old parties, according to Maxwell?

2. What does Odili hope to accomplish through his political activities?

3. What does Maxwell see Chief Nanga as an example of?

4. Of what is Hezekiah convinced at the beginning of Chapter 12?

5. Why is Azoge's stick important to Josiah?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Couple's heckling of Maxwell effective?

2. What sort of reception does Odili's political campaign receive in Anata?

3. What is the significance of the poem Maxwell wrote seven years ago?

4. What significant action does Edna take toward Odili at the end of Chapter 10, and why is it significant?

5. What worries Odili about owning a car and having a position of some prestige?

6. Describe the situation with Chief Nanga and the editor of the Daily Matchet, including its significance.

7. How does Odili interpret Edna's letter?

8. What is the method of problem solving that Odili unconsciously employs while reconsidering his humiliation that occurred at the house of Chief Nanga?

9. What characterizes Odili's interaction with Chief Nanga at the Samalu house?

10. What sort of abuses of power does Chief Nanga exercise in his campaign?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Present an analysis of Chief Nanga. Discuss his rise to power, his personalit, and his interactions with other characters. How does he treat others? How does he maintain his political position until the coup? Be sure to contrast the opinions of the educated and the uneducated regarding Chief Nanga.

Essay Topic 2

What start as separate, if related, threads in the story -- revenge, politics and love -- become entangled in Odili's life. Discuss the entanglement of these various threads and explain how an action toward any one goal ends up affecting the others.

Essay Topic 3

As part of the political corruption in the story, there is a strong irony in some of the governmental appointments. For example, Chief Nanga is the Minister of Culture and yet does not even know one of the country's most famous authors, nor can he remember the title of his song. Are there any other ironic governmental appointments in the story? What does this reveal about the manner of ministerial appointment in the country? What does this irony help accomplish in the plot of the story?

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