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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter XII, Achievement of a Puritan.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do the Hottentots and Bushmen respond to the new law passed at the beginning of Chapter Eight?
(a) They declare war on the English.
(b) They demand financial restitution for their years of slavery.
(c) They join the English military.
(d) They steal cattle and raid Dutch farms.

2. How old is Paulus DeGroot during the war with the English?
(a) He's in his forties.
(b) He's in his thirties.
(c) He's in his sixties.
(d) He's in his twenties.

3. What is Prince Henry of Portugal's nickname?
(a) The Dark Lion.
(b) The Prince of Africa.
(c) Prince Henry the Navigator.
(d) The Conqueror.

4. Who does Cecil Rhodes believe built the great city of Zimbabwe?
(a) The ancient Atlanteans.
(b) The ancient Greeks.
(c) Native Africans.
(d) The ancient Phoenicians.

5. Who inherits the Van Doorn's South African estate after Paul de Prè's death?
(a) Hendrik Van Doorn.
(b) Paul's son Louis.
(c) Paul's son Henri.
(d) Sarel Van Doorn.

Short Answer Questions

1. From what foreign country are laborers brought in Chapter Eleven to work in the mines?

2. Why are farmers living in squalor in the city when Detleef visits it in Chapter Twelve?

3. In 1857, what does the Xhosa prophet, Nonqause, inaccurately predict?

4. Whose teachings do French Huguenots follow?

5. With which side do many blacks fight during the Boer wars?

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