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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 5-6.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What negative comments does Mr. Green make about Africans after his tennis match on the morning of the trial?
(a) They are all physically and mentally backward.
(b) That Africans are too corrupt to benefit from European education.
(c) They cannot help themselves because they are born inferior.
(d) Africans are corrupt, sapped mentally and physically, and given a Western education that they do not know how to use.
2. What does the encounter with bribery on the way home cause Obi to think about the situation?
(a) Obi concludes that bribery is an Augean stable that only foreigners can cean up.
(b) Obi concludes Lagos is an Augean stable and vows to clean it up.
(c) Obi wonders where to begin cleaning the Augean stable and thinks a dictator is necessary.
(d) Obi concludes that bribery is an Augean stable that requires educated people to clean it up.
3. What new evidence does Obi see about the pervasiveness of bribery in Nigeria on the way home on the wagon?
(a) After being stopped by the police, a lorry driver drives until his mate runs back and pays more than it would have cost.
(b) The lorry driver bribes the police when they stop the vehicle for speeding.
(c) The lorry driver bribes the police when they stop him for driving without a license.
(d) The lorry driver bribes the police when they stop the driver for over-crowding.
4. What happens when Obi goes for his job interview with the Public Services Commission?
(a) Obi impresses the panel and they offer him a job imediately.
(b) Obi ridicules a panelist who falls asleep.
(c) Obi talks about modern poetry and novels.
(d) Obi is bored and disinterested.
5. What two big mistakes does Obi make at the big reception that the UPU holds for Obi on Saturday?
(a) He dresses well but his speech is long and boring.
(b) He dresses casually and is heard speaking Ibo.
(c) He overdresses and talks too much.
(d) He dresses casually and makes too simple a speech.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is Obi warned about at his farewell prayer meeting?
2. As the celebration continues, how does the author use an argument about kola nuts to reveal the clash between Christian beliefs and folklore?
3. For which island is the boat heading when Jones recites, "Water, water everywhere; but not a drop to drink"?
4. What reason does Clara give for going to Obi's cabin?
5. What is Obi's theory about corruption in Nigeria?
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