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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 was the owner of the car manufacturing plant's name?
2. What is the name of the man with whom Styles first interacts?
3. What other piece of contact information does Zwelinzima give to Styles?
4. What is the name of the character first seen in the opening part of the play?
5. Who recommended an alternative way to catch the cockroaches to Styles?
Short Essay Questions
1. How is it suggested that if an oppressed black man can realize his dreams in a photographic studio, then black people everywhere can realize their dreams no matter what they are?
2. Why does Buntu become calmer when telling Sizwe he's married with a child and sympathizes with his desire to improve himself?
3. How does the playwright play upon audience curiosity in Part 2?
4. Why does Buntu switch the pictures in Sizwe's and Robert's passbooks?
5. Why doesn't Sizwe want to work in the mines?
6. What can be extrapolated from the fact that Sizwe writes to his wife about living in another woman's home, and that despite their working together, they were not able to succeed?
7. How do Styles' mannerisms and outward thoughts affect the audience's understanding of Styles' life views?
8. What does Buntu have to say to Sizwe about the importance of names?
9. How does Sizwe and Buntu's disagreement about what to do with the dead body foreshadow their later conflict about Sizwe changing identity?
10. Are Sizwe's and Buntu's reactions to finding the dead body the same? Explain your answer.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the effect of having Styles and Buntu played by the same actor. What parallels and contrasts are there between the two characters, and how are they significant to the play as a whole?
Essay Topic 2
How does the playwright reveal information about the central character of Sizwe Banzi, and how does this draw the audience into his story?
Essay Topic 3
Is the framing device of the letter to Noweto a foundation for the rest of the action, a means to getting out information that cannot easily be staged, or both? Explain your answer with examples from the text.
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