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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which car manufacturing plant did Styles originally work for?
(a) Ford.
(b) Honda.
(c) Fiat.
(d) Chevrolet.

2. In his recollection spurred by the insect repellent, what animal does Styles compare himself to?
(a) A pig.
(b) A monkey.
(c) A dog.
(d) A rat.

3. What does Styles tell the man who is picking up his family photos to do?
(a) Tells him not to waste his life.
(b) He encourages the man to go back to his family.
(c) Tells him to pick up his laundry down the street.
(d) Tells him to move on with his life.

4. In whose house does Zwelinzima say that he stayed while narrating his letter?
(a) Zola.
(b) Guntu.
(c) Maloo.
(d) Buntu.

5. What did Styles say he had to go through to attain ownership of a building and a business?
(a) Insanity.
(b) Bureacracy.
(c) Hell.
(d) Too much pain.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the owner of Styles' car manufacturing company first arrive at the organization for his speech?

2. In what country is this story set?

3. What emotion does Styles describe spreading when he finally is able to get a family to smile in a group photo in Part 1?

4. What family member does Styles reminisce about at the end of Part 1?

5. What job did Styles' father hold?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why might Styles' charming demeanor come as a surprise to the audience, given the times in which this play takes place, as well as the period in which it was performed?

2. What is the significance of Robert being illuminated in the spotlight with the passbook in hand, segueing into his resuming the narration of the letter to Noweto?

3. How could the mention of the name Robert Zwelinzima be a powerful instance of foreshadowing?

4. How is the studio a "place of dreams"?

5. How does Sizwe and Buntu's disagreement about what to do with the dead body foreshadow their later conflict about Sizwe changing identity?

6. Why, after Sizwe asks Buntu how long it will "last," does Buntu suddenly says he's tired, bid goodnight to Robert and leave?

7. Why doesn't Sizwe want to work in the mines?

8. Of what significance is Robert turning out to introduce himself to Buntu as Sizwe Banzi?

9. What would one say might be the climax of the play?

10. When Sizwe describes how the passbook goes with him everywhere, what else could he be describing?

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