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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. Which adjective best describes the man who Styles first lets into his shop?
2. During which war did Styles' father fight?
3. What did Styles realized was infested with cockroaches?
4. Which American President does Styles refer to as having an effect on South Africa?
5. How long did Styles say the owner of the car manufacturing plant stay at the plant?
Short Essay Questions
1. Are Sizwe's and Buntu's reactions to finding the dead body the same? Explain your answer.
2. 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.
3. 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?
4. Of what significance is Robert turning out to introduce himself to Buntu as Sizwe Banzi?
5. 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.
6. How do Sizwe and Buntu find the dead body after they leave the bar?
7. Why does Sizwe tear off his clothes in Part 4?
8. Why does Buntu tell Sizwe the story of Jacob, a man who recently died?
9. What would one say might be the climax of the play?
10. What is the passbook a symbol of?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How, in Part 1 of the play, does the playwright use metaphor to show the living situation of black workers in Apartheid-era South Africa? Make reference to the stories of a) Styles' job at the Ford plant and Henry Ford Jr's visit, and b) The 'Doom' insect spray and the cat.
Essay Topic 2
Comment upon the notion that Styles' statement that 'we own nothing but ourselves' could be construed as being ignorant, coming as it does from a successful black businessman in South Africa.
Essay Topic 3
Explore the ways the playwright uses unseen characters such as Sizwe's wife, Noweto, and Zola to suggest aspects of the main characters' lives outside of the action on stage. In your answer, take note of the fact that there are no white characters mentioned in the play, only the general authority they hold over blacks in South Africa.
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