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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 memento does Styles have left of his father?
2. How does Zwelinzima begin to act as Style interacts with him?
3. What did the owner of the house do to help the narrator of the letter while he was supposedly living there?
4. How long did Styles say the owner of the car manufacturing plant stay at the plant?
5. What does Styles call his photography room?
Short Essay Questions
1. How do Styles' three stories also paint a clear picture of the living situation of black workers in South Africa in the time of Apartheid?
2. How is Buntu's display in order to convince Sizwe to change identities particularly powerful?
3. Explain how Styles' comment of "We have nothing but ourselves" could be translated positively.
4. Hypothesize the possible meanings this Part of the play and the passbook itself could have in relation to the struggle of black people against white people.
5. How does Part 2 draw the audience in to the play in general?
6. Of what significance is Robert turning out to introduce himself to Buntu as Sizwe Banzi?
7. Explain how as an audience, we know from the very opening scene that this play will involve the concepts of racial discrimination against blacks, and their struggles.
8. How does the playwright play upon audience curiosity in Part 2?
9. What can one say about the significance of Sizwe finally signing his real name at the end of his letter to Noweto?
10. How is the studio a "place of dreams"?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
It is ironic that the only place where Sizwe feels dignified and respected is at a bar - a place of drinking, vices, and escape from reality? Do you agree with this statement? Discuss.
Essay Topic 2
At two moments in the play, in Part 3 and Part 5, Buntu abruptly changes from a positive mindset to a negative one. What do these moments say about him, and what is the playwright trying to say about the attitude of South African blacks through this facet of Buntu's character?
Essay Topic 3
The real Robert Zwelinzima of the play seems to have died a violent death. Discuss whether or not this could be a symbol, and if so, what it could be a symbol of.
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