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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 Odili do after awaking at 4 a.m.?
2. What is the name of the trade unionist?
3. To what room in Chief Nanga's house are Elsie's bags taken?
4. Against whom does Odili announce his candidacy?
5. After the political turmoil begins, with how much money does Odili return to Anata?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is significant about Odili and Edna's bicycle crash?
2. What sort of reception does Odili's political campaign receive in Anata?
3. In Chapter 10, how does Chief Nanga further expose his corruption regarding the office of Foreign Trade?
4. How does Odili react to discovering that Elsie is sleeping with Chief Nanga?
5. What is the significance of the poem Maxwell wrote seven years ago?
6. What sort of abuses of power does Chief Nanga exercise in his campaign?
7. What characterizes Odili's arrival at his friend Maxwell's apartment?
8. What is suggested by the revelation that a junior member of Parliament is also a founding member of the CPC?
9. How does Odili interpret Edna's letter?
10. What worries Odili about owning a car and having a position of some prestige?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
At the end of the story, it is said that Maxwell Kulamo is a martyr. Analyze this statement. For what was he a martyr? How does his martyrdom advance this cause? Other than his death, what other events in the story reaffirm his status as a martyr?
Essay Topic 2
Alone of all the political characters in the story, Odili rejects every sort of political corruption. Explicate and analyze this severe contrast between the absolute idealism of Odili, the absolute corruption and self-interest of Chief Nanga, and the practical abuse of corrupt individuals by Maxwell. Who is the most morally persuasive of the characters, and why?
Essay Topic 3
In "A Man of the People," the love that blooms between Odili and Edna transforms both their lives. Analyze this theme. How does it develop? What actions create the changes?
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