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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. Why do the attendants bring an eagle?
2. What do the creatures do when the drinkard transforms himself in "No road--out to travel from bust to bush to the Dead's town"?
3. Why does the protagonist leave his town?
4. What does the protagonist bring with him on his journey?
5. What is true about the "highway men"?
Short Essay Questions
1. Comment on how the drinkard deals with his insatiable son.
2. What kind of story is this? How is it told?
3. Describe Death and his house.
4. Comment on the parent-child relationship, during "On the Way to an Unknown Place." What is significant about the characters' roles?
5. Describe how the drinkard's son was born. Why is this extraordinary birth significant?
6. 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."
7. Who is "Faithful-Mother"? What is her responsibility?
8. The drinkard describes the inhabitants of "Unreturnable-Heaven's Town" as "backwards." What does he mean by this? Elaborate.
9. Describe the "half-bodied baby." Who is he and what is he like?
10. In the first town that the palm-wine drinkard visits, he meets an old man who gives him two challenges. How does the drinkard complete these tasks and what does this say about his human and non-human abilities?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Fantasy and Magical Realism are two distinct but related literary genres. Discuss:
(1) The differences between the two genres.
(2) Can The Palm-wine Drinkard be considered a fantasy? Why or why not?
(3) Can The Palm-wine Drinkard be considered a an example of Magical Realism? Why or why not?
(4) How would you classify The Palm-wine Drinkard?
Essay Topic 2
Explain why "death" is an important theme in this novel. Using three examples, demonstrate the different ways in which death is present in the novel and how each of these examples are significant (symbolically, morally, plot-wise, etc.)
Essay Topic 3
Family is a common theme in literature. Focus on one example of a family theme in this novel, explaining why it falls under this category, why it is significant within the novel, and finally, how your example is symbolic beyond the text (is there a message here?)
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