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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 Chapter 2, what does Bessie believe that people cannot protest against?
(a) Their own natures.
(b) Evil social systems.
(c) Religion.
(d) The white man.

2. In "African religions," what does African religion focus on?
(a) Afterlife.
(b) Deities.
(c) Sacrifice.
(d) Mutual cooperation.

3. Josef Herman, the artist who lived through the Nazi invasion of Poland, fled to what country?
(a) Spain.
(b) England.
(c) Ireland.
(d) United States.

4. In Chapter 2, what does Bessie state is responsible for the elimination of polygamy in Botswana?
(a) New laws.
(b) Education.
(c) Christianity.
(d) Women's movement.

5. In Chapter2, how does Bessie describe her third novel, "A Question of Power"?
(a) The most satisfying.
(b) Difficult to write.
(c) Intensely personal and private.
(d) A work of excruciating detail.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the basic landscape of Botswana?

2. In Chapter 2, Bessie states that Botswana has survived by what?

3. What did the British bring to South Africa, which aided women as food producers?

4. How many cattle died in the major drought in Botswana?

5. What did Bessie create in Botswana?

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