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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, Retrospect, Southern Africa and Beyond, 1979-1986.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What people did the Bushmen resemble?
(a) Black South Africans.
(b) White Afrikaners.
(c) Black Irish.
(d) Chinese.

2. What does the musician, Makeba, have a passion for?
(a) Liberation.
(b) America.
(c) The cello.
(d) Public performances.

3. Technologies and ideas in South Africa generally filter in from where?
(a) United States.
(b) Europe.
(c) Asia.
(d) North Africa.

4. What is the meaning of "didactic" works?
(a) Pre-planned conclusions and principles.
(b) Dealing with African culture.
(c) Historical, yet fiction.
(d) Geographical works.

5. What additional information did the social worker tell Bessie?
(a) Her mother wanted nothing to do with her.
(b) Her mother was insane.
(c) Her mother was dying.
(d) Her parents wanted her to leave the country.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bessie state that the South African blacks hoard?

2. What year was the old British Bechuanaland Protectorate established in Botswana?

3. Bessie states that "in her work" everyone has what?

4. In Chapter 2, what does Bessie say is the root of traditional African life?

5. In "Sketches," how does Bessie describe Botswana?

(see the answer key)

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