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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Nana Triban and Balla Fassyky.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following activities do Sundiata's ancestors excel at?
(a) Hunting.
(b) Farming.
(c) Weaving.
(d) Swimming.

2. When the king dies, what does he give to Djata on his deathbed?
(a) A griot.
(b) Nothing.
(c) A goat.
(d) A garden.

3. What color are the clothes Sundiata wears in battle?
(a) White.
(b) Red.
(c) Yellow.
(d) Black.

4. Who first spots the Malian merchants in Mema?
(a) Kolonkan.
(b) Manding Bory.
(c) Sogolon.
(d) Sundiata.

5. Which of the following ailments affects Sundiata?
(a) He is deaf.
(b) He is mute.
(c) He is blind.
(d) He is lame.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the people of Mali feel about Sundiata returning to the land?

2. Which of the following groups of people claimed to know all along that Sundiata would rise up and walk?

3. Why did the kings of Mali respect Sundiata when he was a boy?

4. Which of the following types of poems is the genre which "Sundiata" belongs to?

5. Who does Sassouma consult with to help in her plot against Sogolon?

(see the answer key)

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