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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. Who gave the drinkard the juju he uses to turn himself into a large bird?
2. What does the king command his attendants to do to the drinkard and his wife?
3. What happens when the children of "Unreturnable-Heaven's Town" try to nail the heads of the drinkard and his wife?
4. When his parents do not listen to him, "half-bodied baby" commands that they _________.
5. What color are the creatures the drinkard meets in "No road--out to travel from bust to bush to the Dead's town"?
Short Essay Questions
1. When following and spying on Skull, what does the drinkard turn himself into and why?
2. 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?
3. Describe Death and his house.
4. What is special about Drum, Song, and Dance?
5. Who is "Faithful-Mother"? What is her responsibility?
6. What kind of story is this? How is it told?
7. Who is the narrator of this novel? What is he like?
8. Comment on the parent-child relationship, during "On the Way to an Unknown Place." What is significant about the characters' roles?
9. Describe Skull and his house.
10. The drinkard describes the inhabitants of "Unreturnable-Heaven's Town" as "backwards." What does he mean by this? Elaborate.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
While in Dead's Town the tapster explains that "alives" and "deads" can not live together because they each think the other group does everything backwards or incorrectly. Comment on this allegorical chapter using these questions to guide you:
(1) What happens in this chapter? Where else in the book do we find similar events and themes?
(2) What are these scene allegories for?
(3) Is there a moral lesson or resolution to these allegories? Explain why or why not.
Essay Topic 2
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?)
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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