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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 "Makeba music," Bessie states that she believes in what?
(a) Simplicity.
(b) Revolution.
(c) Liberation.
(d) The contents of the human heart.

2. What did Bessie feel defeated her in South Africa as a writer?
(a) Mental illness.
(b) Religion.
(c) The environment.
(d) Anger.

3. What startled Bessie in 1965?
(a) An arrest.
(b) A letter from her father.
(c) A tsunami.
(d) The liberation of Africa.

4. In "Despite broken bondage . . .," in the old days a woman was only regarded as sacred if she what?
(a) Knew her place.
(b) Owned cattle.
(c) Was an elder.
(d) Was a virgin.

5. Bessie says that the African people want to develop how?
(a) Slowly.
(b) Judiciously.
(c) Industrially.
(d) With pride.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to an account by Dr. W.H.C. Lichtenstein, Botswana men only do work that can be what?

2. What writer does Bessie quote in "Social and political pressures . . ."?

3. What does Bessie state was totally absent in her?

4. In "Notes on novels," how is pre-colonial invasion South Africa described?

5. Bessie feels that literature in South Africa is very what?

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