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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 old man (a god) give the drinkard to catch Death?
2. Where is Death when the drinkard reaches his house?
3. What is true about the "highway men"?
4. What important question does the king of "Unreturnable-Heaven's Town" ask the drinkard and his wife?
5. What does the terrible animal give the drinkard?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe Skull and his house.
2. Describe "Laugh."
3. What do the drinkard and his wife find out when they arrive in the town where the tapster is supposed to be? How do they react?
4. Describe the white monster that the drinkard and his wife encounter in "No Road--Ought to Travel from Bush to Bush to the Dead's Town."
5. The drinkard describes the inhabitants of "Unreturnable-Heaven's Town" as "backwards." What does he mean by this? Elaborate.
6. Describe the "half-bodied baby." Who is he and what is he like?
7. When following and spying on Skull, what does the drinkard turn himself into and why?
8. Describe the drinkard's reaction when he saves the woman from Skull, brings her home, but then cannot get the cowrie off her neck, which prevents her from speaking and eating. Why is this significant?
9. What is special about Drum, Song, and Dance?
10. Who is "Faithful-Mother"? What is her responsibility?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
There is a didactic nature to many of the episodes in The Palm-wine Drinkard. Choose three examples and explain why they can be considered didactic.
Essay Topic 2
The drinkard kills the red fish and red bird with the gun that Faithful-Mother gave him. Afterward, all the red people ran from him in fear. Earlier in the story, the drinkard used his juju to defeat opponents and instill the same fear in people. Please address this shift in how the drinkard deals with challenges. Be sure to discuss whether this shift is symbolic or not and why.
Essay Topic 3
There are three prominent female characters in The Palm-wine Drinkard. Describe each and their significance within the novel. Next, compare and contrast their roles. Finally, address this question: Is their being female the only thing that ties them together?
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