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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the SRC?
(a) A team of reporters from abroad.
(b) The secret police.
(c) The national military.
(d) The committee in charge of propaganda.

2. Where is Beatrice educated?
(a) The University of Bassa in Kangan.
(b) She is uneducated, but has good common sense.
(c) Yale University School of Economics.
(d) Queen's College at the University of London.

3. What is apparently the main reason the President refuses to visit Abazon?
(a) The people of Abazon voted against his becoming President for life.
(b) He fears being assassinated in Abazon.
(c) He believes the President should not give in to the will of the people.
(d) The people of Abazon are mere peasants, not worthy of a visit.

4. Whom does Beatrice sometimes feel like while in bed with Chris?
(a) The goddess Idemili.
(b) Queen Elizabeth with her paramour.
(c) Beatrice from Dante's Divine Comedy.
(d) Chielo, the holy priestess and prophetess.

5. What is the Eye of God in the hymn?
(a) The Sun.
(b) A hurricane.
(c) Fate.
(d) The Moon.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the anthills tell the grass of the savannah?

2. What is the position held by Christopher Oriko?

3. In their conversation near the end of Chapter 8, what does Beatrice urge Chris to do?

4. Who, according to law, has control over what is printed in the national newspaper?

5. According to legend, what happens in times past when the people of Abazon suffer?

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