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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who, according to law, has control over what is printed in the national newspaper?
(a) Chris Oriko.
(b) The Security Research Council.
(c) Ikem Osodi.
(d) The President.

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

3. What do the people of Abazon do to anger the President?
(a) They tried to overthrow him.
(b) They took over a neighboring territory, brutally murdering the inhabitants.
(c) They wanted to become an independent state.
(d) They voted against his becoming President for life.

4. What god does Beatrice worship?
(a) The unknown god.
(b) Allah.
(c) A pagan goddess.
(d) Jehovah.

5. In the hymn composed by Ikem, who is found dead in the marketplace?
(a) All the villagers.
(b) A prostitute.
(c) A fortune teller.
(d) A madman.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which best describes Chris's opinion of Okong?

2. According to Ikem, which is the biggest single group of oppressed people in the world?

3. Who is drinking with Mad Medico at the beginning of Chapter 5?

4. According to legend, what happens in times past when the people of Abazon suffer?

5. When Beatrice awakens the morning after her argument with the President, what does she hear a bird singing?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Ikem feel exhilarated after his meeting with the taxi drivers?

2. Explain the purpose of Mad Medico's graffiti.

3. Why is Beatrice angry with Chris? Does she have a right to be angry?

4. Describe the relationship between the President and his ministers of government, as revealed in Chapter 1.

5. What is Ikem's attitude toward women, according to Chris?

6. How, according to Ikem, do working-class people expect their leaders to live?

7. Explain what happens in the parking lot after Ikem meets with the Abazon delegation. What does this incident seem to foreshadow?

8. Explain the meaning of the poem "Africa" by David Diop, which appears at the beginning of Chapter 10.

9. How has the President changed, according to Ikem, and why has he done so?

10. Who is Idemili and what does the folk tale about her convey about female power?

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