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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What event occurs a few days before Absalom’s sentencing which foreshadows he is unlikely to get judicial leniency?
2. Where do James Jarvis and Kumalo wait out a rainstorm?
3. What good news does the group at Mrs. Lithebe’s house celebrate on the night before Kumalo et al. leave for Ndotsheni?
4. Which of the following best describes James’ attitude towards blacks before reading Arthur’s papers?
5. What other weapon was carried by one of the two accomplices?
Short Essay Questions
1. Compare and contrast Absalom and his wife’s reactions to their wedding.
2. Compare and contrast the ways the novel ends “happily” versus the way it ends “unhappily.”
3. After reading more of his son’s papers, why does James Jarvis leave through the front of the house rather than walking past the blood-stained floor again?
4. How does the village chief’s interaction with the magistrate and James Jarvis support John Kumalo’s earlier statement about chiefs, “He is a trick, a trick to hold together something that the white man desires to hold together.”
5. What happens to Gertrude at a church meeting at Msimangu’s mission? What does she do afterward?
6. What is the Judge’s ruling in the cases against Absalom and his two accomplices, Johannes and Matthew, and what are the Judge’s reasons for his verdicts?
7. Briefly summarize Arthur Jarvis’s argument about the responsibility of whites to blacks in the papers James Jarvis reads.
8. Describe the incident Kumalo tells his friend about as a way of explaining his idea that James Jarvis is a compassionate man.
9. Describe the villagers’ reaction to Kumalo’s return to Ndotsheni, from the time he gets off the train until he reaches the church.
10. What becomes Kumalo’s obsession when he returns to Ndotsheni, and what ways does he act on it? What are the results of his efforts?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the changes in Johannesburg from the time that the novel is set to today. How has Apartheid changed and is it still practiced in South Africa? What has prompted the changes in the country?
Essay Topic 2
Analyze and discuss the character of Msimangu in Cry, the Beloved Country. Where does Msimangu live? What is his relationship to Kumalo? How would you describe Msimangu's perspective on life and the events in the novel?
Essay Topic 3
Give examples of literary, religious, or pop-cultural allusions in Cry, the Beloved Country and discuss the importance of each. What is the root of this allusion? How does the work cited connect with the plot/characters/themes in Cry, the Beloved Country?
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