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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 does the owner of the car manufacturing plant call himself in his speech to the plant workers?

2. What does Styles call his photography room?

3. What is the first customer that Styles describes coming into the shop for a picture?

4. What does Styles tell the man who is picking up his family photos to do?

5. How does Styles feel about the number of pictures Zwelinzima wants taken?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Buntu help Sizwe "practice" being Robert Zwelinzima?

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

3. 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?

4. Explain the meaning behind Styles yelling out for Robert to imagine that he is against the backdrop of the "city of the future".

5. How much respect does Buntu have for Sizwe?

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. Of what significance is the fact that Styles is the same character as Buntu?

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

9. How is the name "Doom" significant in Styles' story about the cockroach problem?

10. Why does Buntu's mood change at the end of Part 3?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What narrative devices does the playwright use to paint a vivid picture of frustration and persecution in the black community under Apartheid?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

In Part 1, Styles speaks about a 'strong room of dreams'. Discuss what is meant by this with particular regard to either:

A) Styles' realization of his own personal dreams and goals in having his own photography studio, and what the studio represents for the future of his black customers.

OR

B) The playwright's take on the theater in which the play is being performed, as the lines were to be spoken by a black actor on stage in Apartheid-era South Africa.

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