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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. How many bodyguards does Odili hire altogether?
2. What does Edna bring Odili to drink on the sun porch?
3. What sort of force does Odili state that the paper Maxwell signed has?
4. What book does Odili think influenced Edna's letter?
5. For what does the radio announce Hezekiah was removed as local POP chairman?
Short Essay Questions
1. In Chapter 10, how does Chief Nanga further expose his corruption regarding the office of Foreign Trade?
2. What characterizes Odili's arrival at his friend Maxwell's apartment?
3. What is the general tone of Mrs. Nanga in her first conversation with Odili's while in Anata, and why is that the tone?
4. What is revealed about Edna's character in the scene on the VIP porch?
5. What is the method of problem solving that Odili unconsciously employs while reconsidering his humiliation that occurred at the house of Chief Nanga?
6. What worries Odili about owning a car and having a position of some prestige?
7. What sort of reception does Odili's political campaign receive in Anata?
8. What seems to be the likely reason that Edna becomes angry with Odili in Chapter 12?
9. What is suggested by the revelation that a junior member of Parliament is also a founding member of the CPC?
10. What characterizes Odili's interaction with Chief Nanga at the Samalu house?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
A subtle theme in "A Man of the People" is the disparity in sexual equality throughout Nigerian society. How are women portrayed as less important throughout the story? How is this status quo challenged? What female character embodies resignation to this standard, and what character challenges it? How is this shown in the story?
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
The major theme of "A Man of the People" is the struggle of man against political corruption. Which characters embody corruption? Which characters embody the struggle against corruption? In what ways do the struggling characters fail, and how do the exemplars of corruption ultimately falter?
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