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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. What is the meaning of "didactic" works?
(a) Pre-planned conclusions and principles.
(b) Dealing with African culture.
(c) Geographical works.
(d) Historical, yet fiction.

2. What did Boeta L revert to when no one accepts his cause?
(a) Suicide.
(b) Drink.
(c) Religion.
(d) Madness.

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

4. What did the British bring to South Africa, which aided women as food producers?
(a) Chickens.
(b) Sheep.
(c) Iron hand-plough.
(d) Shovels.

5. In "The woman from America," what about this woman and her husband poses the biggest threat to the village people?
(a) He loves her and is loyal to her.
(b) They have alot of money.
(c) She is a westerner and not to be trusted.
(d) They may be loyal to the Afrikaners.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Bessie describe the Cape Town whites?

2. In "Despite broken bondage . . .," in the old days a woman was only regarded as sacred if she what?

3. According to Bessie, the blacks of Cape Town accept hell to have what?

4. Bessie states that one day all nations shall dwell under what shadow?

5. What was Bessie's biggest frustration in "An Unspeakable Crime"?

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