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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the Senior Tutor take from the reception?
(a) Two bottles of beer.
(b) A jug of palm wine.
(c) A jug of beer.
(d) Principal Nwege's ring.

2. Why has Odili lost his admiration for Chief Nanga?
(a) Chief Nanga defended the dismissed Cabinet members.
(b) Chief Nanga dishonored his own father.
(c) Chief Nanga slept around once he got into power.
(d) Chief Nanga joined in denouncing the dismissed Cabinet members.

3. Finish the quote said by Odili in Chapter 1: "For what is modesty but ________________?"
(a) Self-deprecation.
(b) Inverted pride.
(c) Great humility.
(d) Lack of self-consciousness.

4. How long has it been since Odili last spoke with Chief Nanga?
(a) Three years.
(b) More than 15 years.
(c) Ten years.
(d) Five years.

5. What are the dismissed members of the Prime Minister's Cabinet called in Chapter 1?
(a) The Progressive Alliance Party.
(b) The Daily Chronicle.
(c) The Elitists.
(d) The Miscreant Gang.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Chief Nanga seek a second wife?

2. What is the nickname of Odili's former next-door neighbor in his university days?

3. Jokingly, Odili tells his houseboy, Peter, that the government passed a law saying people may only do what two times a day?

4. In the beginning of Chapter 2, Odili says: "It doesn't matter what you knew, but __________________"

5. Who resents Odili's favor with Chief Nanga?

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