View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, Retrospect, Southern Africa and Beyond, 1979-1986.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did their landlady do to Snowball despite Bessie's protests?
(a) Mistreated him.
(b) Made him clean.
(c) Kicked him out.
(d) Cut his hair.

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

3. Bessie feels that literature in South Africa is very what?
(a) Necessary.
(b) Functional.
(c) Soothing.
(d) Rebellious.

4. According to Bessie, Serowe consists of African people and what?
(a) Beautiful landscapes.
(b) Mud huts.
(c) Animals.
(d) Dreams.

5. In Chapter 2, what does Bessie say is the root of traditional African life?
(a) Respecting your neighbor.
(b) Work, rest and prayer.
(c) The land.
(d) Being at one with all things.

Short Answer Questions

1. What special category did Bessie see her writing in?

2. What, does Bessie feel that exploitation and evil are dependent on?

3. Bessie's suffering in South Africa created in her a reverence for what?

4. What animal was involved in the story that the American woman told Bessie regarding a vision?

5. What is the basic landscape of Botswana?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 202 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample