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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Chris's job when Beatrice first meets him?
(a) University student.
(b) Editor of the National Gazette.
(c) Minister.
(d) Commissioner of Information.

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

3. What does Mad Medico once do for the President while they are both in England?
(a) Nursed him through a long illness.
(b) Found him a girlfriend.
(c) Lent him some money.
(d) Introduced him to some powerful people.

4. What does Chris say about Ikem's crusading editorials?
(a) They will get Ikem killed.
(b) He thinks they are rubbish and that Osodi is completely out of his mind.
(c) They don't accomplish anything but antagonizing everyone.
(d) He thinks they are brilliant, but dares not say so to the President.

5. How do Chris Oriko and the President first meet?
(a) They grew up in the same small village.
(b) They were in the military together.
(c) They were schoolmates at the age of 13 or 14.
(d) They met at university in England.

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

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

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

9. Which of the following is NOT true about the Director of the SRC, Johnson Ossai?
(a) He speaks obsequiously to the President.
(b) He is friendly and talkative.
(c) He looks strong in a very disagreeable way.
(d) He is young and good-looking.

10. What does Ikem think of the President, Sam?
(a) He is basically a good person who wants to do what is right.
(b) He is a fool.
(c) He is a brutal and vicious dictator who must be overthrown.
(d) He is a brilliant man.

11. Whom does Beatrice sometimes feel like while in bed with Chris?
(a) Queen Elizabeth with her paramour.
(b) Beatrice from Dante's Divine Comedy.
(c) The goddess Idemili.
(d) Chielo, the holy priestess and prophetess.

12. What does Chris say the modern leaders of Africa must be like in order to build up their nations?
(a) Bloody reformists.
(b) Medieval tyrants.
(c) Marxist crusaders.
(d) Democratically-elected Prime Ministers.

13. To what does Ikem compose a hymn?
(a) To the Sun.
(b) To the Moon.
(c) To God.
(d) To his country, Kangan.

14. What happens when Ikem goes to complain about the police constable's conduct?
(a) He is jailed.
(b) The officer who detained him denies ever seeing him before.
(c) The officer who detained him is reprimanded severely.
(d) He is threatened.

15. What is Sam's great talent?
(a) He is extremely clever at manipulating people.
(b) He is a talented military strategist.
(c) He is basically an actor with a great sense of theater.
(d) He is an accomplished classical pianist.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the beginning of Chapter 6, who invites Beatrice to a private dinner?

2. Which province is asking for the President's help?

3. Where does Ikem meet with the delegation from Abazon in Chapter 9?

4. What does the President claim to be?

5. What does Ikem Osodi speak out against in his first crusading editorial?

(see the answer keys)

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