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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. With whom does the PAP reveal that the Minister of Foreign Trade has been illegitimately making a profit?
2. What is the title of the poem Maxwell shows Odili?
3. Why is Azoge's stick important to Josiah?
4. Where is Edna's mother when Odili first arrives at her house?
5. Where does Odili decide to place his headquarters?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why is Couple's heckling of Maxwell effective?
2. What is the method of problem solving that Odili unconsciously employs while reconsidering his humiliation that occurred at the house of Chief Nanga?
3. What characterizes Odili's arrival at his friend Maxwell's apartment?
4. Why do Boniface and the other bodyguards want 25 pounds, and why does Odili object?
5. What sort of abuses of power does Chief Nanga exercise in his campaign?
6. At what conclusion does Odili arrive after reflecting on the carpenter Timothy's statement?
7. In Chapter 10, how does Chief Nanga further expose his corruption regarding the office of Foreign Trade?
8. What is significant about Odili and Edna's bicycle crash?
9. What characterizes Odili's interaction with Chief Nanga at the Samalu house?
10. What is the confusion about why Couple is put in jail?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
The major theme of "A Man of the People" is the struggle of man against political corruption. Which characters embody corruption? Which characters embody the struggle against corruption? In what ways do the struggling characters fail, and how do the exemplars of corruption ultimately falter?
Essay Topic 2
Present an analysis of Chief Nanga. Discuss his rise to power, his personalit, and his interactions with other characters. How does he treat others? How does he maintain his political position until the coup? Be sure to contrast the opinions of the educated and the uneducated regarding Chief Nanga.
Essay Topic 3
The CPC announces that it must avoid being branded communist. Why does it want to avoid such? What ideals does it nonetheless hold? What names are mentioned in members' conversations? Do such ideals seem a practical resolution to the problems facing Nigeria? Why or why not?
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