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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2: The Late Sixties.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The phrase “I tetago” carries which of the following meanings in the text?
(a) Are you awake?
(b) Are you there?
(c) Are you hungry?
(d) Are you mine?

2. The word “omalicha” carries which of the following meanings in the text?
(a) Beautiful.
(b) Beloved.
(c) My love.
(d) My own.

3. Ugwu’s comment that “Whenever he drained a pot of boiled beans, he thought of the slimy sink as a politician” (159) offers an example of which of the following?
(a) Hyperbole.
(b) Metaphor.
(c) Litotes.
(d) Simile.

4. To which of the following is Odenigbo assigned?
(a) Central Directorate.
(b) Manpower Directorate.
(c) Educational Directorate.
(d) Research and Production Directorate.

5. To which of the following does the BBC ascribe the initial coup in Nigeria?
(a) The Igbo.
(b) The Yoruba.
(c) The Ijaw.
(d) The Hausa.

Short Answer Questions

1. The comment that “she looked, for a moment, like a shapely spirit who had emerged from the sea” (115) offers an example of which of the following?

2. The name “Ogbenyealu” carries which of the following meanings in the text?

3. To which of the following markets in Lagos does Olanna take the pregnant Arize?

4. Which of the following does Odenigbo’s friend Adebayo drink?

5. The term “ike” carries which of the following meanings in the text?

(see the answer key)

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