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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, In Exile, Botswana, 1964-1979, Notes on Novels.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Village people," Bessie states that poverty in Africa is like a second skin and worn with what?
(a) Unconscious dignity.
(b) Weary effort.
(c) Benign acceptance.
(d) Determined resignation.

2. Bessie views the author, Pasternak, as the liberator of what?
(a) Russia.
(b) Emotions.
(c) Passion.
(d) Children.

3. What writer does Bessie quote in "Social and political pressures . . ."?
(a) Ernest Hemmingway.
(b) Gabriel Garcia Marquez.
(c) Harriet Beecher Stowe.
(d) Mark Twain.

4. Why did the American woman come to Africa?
(a) Research for a book.
(b) Vacation.
(c) To get away from her family.
(d) To be with her husband.

5. According to Bessie in "Despite broken bondage . . .," what do men in Botswana mostly do?
(a) Hunt.
(b) Play games.
(c) Work.
(d) Drink.

Short Answer Questions

1. Technologies and ideas in South Africa generally filter in from where?

2. What is the result of the casual sexual practices of the men of Botswana?

3. According to Bessie in "African religions," what is at the root and foundation of African religion?

4. Josef Herman, the artist who lived through the Nazi invasion of Poland, fled to what country?

5. What was the name of the conquered tribe in Botswana?

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