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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do members of the Civil Service Union say about Ikem Osodi?
(a) He is an elitist.
(b) He is corrupt.
(c) He is nothing more than ordinary riff-raff.
(d) He is a communist.

2. Which best describes Ikem's apparent attitude toward women, as explained by Chris in Chapter 5?
(a) They should be held on a pedestal and treated like princesses.
(b) They are beneath men and should be treated as such.
(c) They are there only to comfort him, but are not good intellectual partners.
(d) They are the equals of men, according to his Marxist philosophy.

3. What is the position held by Christopher Oriko?
(a) Commissioner for Education.
(b) Editor of the National Gazette.
(c) Commissioner for Information.
(d) Director of the State Research Council (SRC).

4. According to Ikem, which is the biggest single group of oppressed people in the world?
(a) Women.
(b) Urban poor.
(c) Black people.
(d) Rural peasants.

5. Which best describes the Commissioners' attitude toward the President as shown throughout Chapter 1?
(a) Fear.
(b) Hatred.
(c) Worship.
(d) Respect.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the Attorney-General say may not be one hundred percent behind the President?

2. Which major character is from Abazon?

3. What is the first shrine to Idemili?

4. Why is the President angry when he meets with Chris in Chapter 11?

5. Which American poet does Ikem quote when he says, "Do I contradict myself? Very well, I contradict myself. I am large, I contain multitudes"?

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