View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Benazir's father held elections in ________ instead of August so that he could get to work on his campaign to secure rights in the foreign and civil service.

2. The Brigadier General _______ when it became clear that the people still strongly favored the former prime minister's party.

3. According to the book there was a rumor that Prime Minister Bhutto was responsible for ________ that damaged crops.

4. Benazir graduated from Oxford after ________ years of study. However her father wanted her to continue her studies.

5. In particular, Benazir appreciated the fact that American women could decide not to ________ and have that decision supported.

Short Essay Questions

1. List the three degrees that Benazir was working on at Oxford.

2. What was Benazir's father found guilty of and what was his sentence?

3. Benazir practiced and developed her speaking skills while at Oxford. To what organization did she belong and what was the topic of her first speech?

4. In 1967, Ali Bhutto organized his own political party and was subsequently put in jail. What was the name and some of the goals of the party?

5. Why was there concern that Ali and Benazir's lives were in danger after Ali held parliamentary elections?

6. How did Benazir occupy her time as a political prisoner in the desert cell?

7. What position did Benazir win in the speaking organization that she belonged to at Oxford? Why was it significant?

8. Describe the advice that Ali Bhutto gave to Benazir concerning power politics.

9. What was the result of Ali Bhutto's trip to the Untied Nations during the war in 1965?

10. Ali Bhutto had long been a representative of Pakistan and was present for the beginning of the partition. Describe what is meant in the book by the "Partition".

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How would Benazir's story have changed had she not decided to get married? Given her political ambitions, why did she decide to marry in the first place? Why did Benazir keep her father's name?

Essay Topic 2

What is the role of civil disobedience in the history of politics? What does civil disobedience mean? Is it important? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Benazir's father was killed pursuing his beliefs which appears to have strengthened Benazir's resolve to continue the fight. How would Benazir's life have been different if her father had not been killed?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 591 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample