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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following are mentioned in Ikem's hymn as dying off and leaving no void?
(a) Zebras.
(b) Songbirds.
(c) Vultures.
(d) Wolves.

2. Who is Lou Cranford?
(a) A student of political science.
(b) A reporter with the American United Press.
(c) A girlfriend of the President.
(d) An American diplomat.

3. What is Beatrice's job?
(a) She is a literature professor.
(b) She is a newspaper reporter.
(c) She works in a shop.
(d) She works for the Ministry of Finance.

4. What does Chris say the President is becoming?
(a) A ridiculous buffoon.
(b) A ruthless dictator.
(c) A baby monster.
(d) Increasingly reckless.

5. What does Chris's girlfriend study at the university?
(a) Economics.
(b) English.
(c) Political philosophy.
(d) Chinese and Japanese.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the position held by Christopher Oriko?

2. What does Beatrice criticize about Ikem's philosophy?

3. To which character from literature does Beatrice compare the American woman, Lou Cranford?

4. According to the African legend recounted by Ikem, what is once true about the Sky?

5. In Chapter 4, the reader first learns the name of the fictional African country in which this novel is set. What is it?

(see the answer key)

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