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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4: The Late Sixties.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following meanings does Kainene ascribe to Olanna’s name?
(a) Not to Be Married to a Poor Man.
(b) God’s gold.
(c) Let’s watch and see what next God will bring.
(d) Hoped-for beloved of God.

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

3. Which of the following foods has Harrison cooked when Richard confesses his perfidy to Kainene?
(a) Steak tartare.
(b) Fish and chips.
(c) Chicken in cream sauce.
(d) Porkchops and applesauce.

4. 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.

5. Which of the following activities does Richard note having shared with Martin in their childhood?
(a) Golf.
(b) Bowling.
(c) Tennis.
(d) Polo.

Short Answer Questions

1. In which of the following societies does Olanna take office?

2. The phrase “the vulnerabilities he wore so openly knotted as his throat like a tie” (304) offers an example of which of the following?

3. The phrase “ola m” carries what meaning in the text?

4. The word “biko” carries which of the following meanings in the text?

5. In which of the following does Richard note having lived?

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