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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who urges Dankaran to hate his brothers?
(a) Manding Bory.
(b) Sogolon.
(c) Fassyky.
(d) Sassouma.

2. What is the name of Sassouma's son, who is set to inherit the king's throne?
(a) Dankaran.
(b) Vanatare.
(c) Ganoush.
(d) Bleinmay.

3. Which character is forced into Kanty's employment?
(a) Dankaran.
(b) Fassyky.
(c) Sundiata.
(d) Manding Bory.

4. What does Kanty steal from Fakoli?
(a) His crops.
(b) His land.
(c) His money.
(d) His wife.

5. Griots are considered "vessels of _____ ."
(a) Eternity.
(b) The present.
(c) The past.
(d) The future.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does the king feel when Manding Bory is born?

3. What does the king give to his subjects in celebration for the birth of the new child?

4. What animal do the villagers attribute to the new baby?

5. Which of the following adjectives best describes Sogolon?

Short Essay Questions

1. How have Sundiata's friends been living since the fall of Mali?

2. How does Sassouma treat Sologon once Dankaran rises to power?

3. How are Sundiata's troops entertained on the evening before the battle of Krishna?

4. Why are the griots considered "vessels of the past?"

5. What happens when the warriors meet a starving, old woman in Do?

6. What happens during Sundiata's first battle against Soumaoro?

7. Why did ancient kings initially want griots?

8. How does the king respond to the hunter who makes him an offering?

9. How is Djata described when the audiences sees him again at the age of three?

10. Who is Manding Bory, and what role does he play in Sundiata'slife?

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