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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter X, The Venloo Commando.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For what purpose are the small San people enslaved and used by the people of Zimbabwe?
(a) To perform domestic tasks like cooking.
(b) To build the city's temples.
(c) To work the gold mines.
(d) To work in the barley fields.

2. Who does Nxumalo work with to eliminate Shaka?
(a) The San tribe.
(b) The Bantu tribe.
(c) Mzilikazi.
(d) Shaka's half-brothers Dingane and Mhlangana.

3. At what is Gumsto a master?
(a) Using a spear.
(b) Using a bow and arrows.
(c) Tracking antelope and other game.
(d) Painting on cave walls and rocks.

4. What happens when Mzilikazi stands up to Shaka?
(a) He surrenders.
(b) Shaka shoots him with a bow and arrow.
(c) He is wounded by Nxumalo's spear.
(d) His tribe is absorbed by Shaka's, but Mzilikazi escapes.

5. What does the Black Circuit commission investigate?
(a) Charges of cruelty toward and murder of native Africans.
(b) Misconduct of African slaves.
(c) The treatment of women.
(d) Charges of financial misconduct.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a Trekboer?

2. What does Karel Van Doorn want to do with the secret purchase Paul de Prè brings back from France?

3. At what age do the men in Gumsto's tribe marry?

4. What has the king of Zimbabwe decreed that every man or woman passing the Field of Granite en route to Zimbabwe must take with them to the city?

5. What consequence do the Xhosa people face after taking their actions in response to Nonqause's prophecy?

(see the answer key)

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