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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 does the drinkard's magical egg break?

2. What does the drinkard turn himself into to escape from the "mountain-creatures"?

3. What does the man do on the morning of the seventh day of the parade?

4. What does the tapster do for the drinkard and his wife?

5. What is NOT true about the lady that approaches the drinkard and his wife?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do the townspeople treat the drinkard when comes home and shares his powerful egg?

2. Describe the hungry-creature.

3. How do the townspeople treat the drinkard after the egg breaks?

4. Does the wife's prophecy about the "Invisible-Pawn"--"wonderful hard worker, but he would be a wonderful robber in future"--come true ?

5. Describe the group of four hundred dead babies the drinkard and his wife meet on the road.

6. Why does the drinkard ask the reader for help in judging the court cases from "mixed town"?

7. Why is the king from "We and the Wise King in the Wrong Town with the Prince Killer" described as wise?

8. How does the drinkard escape from the hungry-creature's stomach? Is this realistic?

9. Are plants important in this story?

10. Does the drinkard give a satisfactory reason for fighting and then killing the bag creatures?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

The drinkard shares many qualities with the epic hero model. First, address what the epic hero model is. Second, suggest characteristics that the drinkard shares with the epic hero. Finally, discuss whether you consider him an epic hero or not and why.

Essay Topic 3

The Palm-wine Drinkard is a circular story in that the main character ends back in the place where he started, his hometown. Explain three possible motives for developing and ending the story like this.

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