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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. How do the red people loose their redness?
2. What is the verdict for the first case?
3. How much money is involved in the first case's conflict?
4. What does Faithful-Mother NOT give the drinkard and his wife when they leave?
5. What do the drinkard and the tapser do together?
Short Essay Questions
1. In no more than three sentences, comment on the treatment of magic versus realism in this story. Are the two distinguishable within the world of this novel?
2. Describe the group of four hundred dead babies the drinkard and his wife meet on the road.
3. Describe how the "Invisible-Pawn" gets his work done.
4. How do the townspeople treat the drinkard after the egg breaks?
5. How could the magic egg be seen as symbolic?
6. Describe the "Red-Lady" and her fashion taste.
7. What did the drinkard and his wife do with their death and fear? Why is this significant?
8. Does the palm-wine drinkard receive a positive or negative reception from tapster in Dead's Town? How so?
9. While living in "mixed town," the drinkard is asked to judge two separate cases, but he leaves them unresolved. How are they similar and what makes them hard to resolve?
10. Comment on how the drinkard sums up his journey, "And so all our trials, difficulties and many years' travel brought only an egg or resulted in an egg." (Chapter 32, p. 295)
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
Magical Realism is a genre of literature in which magical elements are considered normal within the reality of a novel. Could The Palm-wine Drinkard be classified under this genre? Support your answer with at least three examples from the book.
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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