View a FREE sample

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. Bessie feels that the South African blacks have a desperate longing to bring out their own what?
(a) Creativeness.
(b) Self-sufficiency.
(c) Innate abilities.
(d) Pride.

2. In "God and the underdog," what do the Ku Klux Klan members discover when they get to heaven?
(a) The gates are locked, to them.
(b) They're really in hell.
(c) Their families are not there.
(d) God is a black woman.

3. What is the basic landscape of Botswana?
(a) Desert.
(b) Tropical.
(c) Woodland.
(d) Semi-desert.

4. Which of Bessie's novels is the only one that truly reflects a black South African viewpoint?
(a) Maru.
(b) When Rain Clouds Gather.
(c) A Question of Power.
(d) None.

5. Who is Bessie referring to in "A Gentle People"?
(a) The black people of Cape Town.
(b) The children.
(c) The missionaries.
(d) The white people of Cape Town.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Despite broken bondage . . .," what does Bessie say the emancipation of women in Botswana was rooted in?

2. In "The woman from America," what state in America is the woman from?

3. Bessie views the author, Pasternak, as the liberator of what?

4. Bessie states that Botswana men do not care about what?

5. Why did Bessie say the South African experience so difficult for her to deal with in a creative sense?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 238 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample