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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. Why did the workers have to increase their output after the owner's speech?

2. When Styles takes the second photograph for Zwelinzima, what happens him?

3. Which adjective best describes the man who Styles first lets into his shop?

4. Which culture in Part 1 does Styles says effects the South African economy?

5. What does the owner of the car manufacturing plant call himself in his speech to the plant workers?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Buntu's display in order to convince Sizwe to change identities particularly powerful?

2. What could be the meaning behind Buntu quietly telling Sizwe to "come along home" at the end of this Part?

3. In Part 4, how is it revealed that Sizwe has already taken on the dead man's identity?

4. Why does Buntu become calmer when telling Sizwe he's married with a child and sympathizes with his desire to improve himself?

5. Why does Buntu's mood change at the end of Part 3?

6. What does Buntu have to say to Sizwe about the importance of names?

7. Explain how Styles' comment of "We have nothing but ourselves" could be translated positively.

8. How do Styles' mannerisms and outward thoughts affect the audience's understanding of Styles' life views?

9. Explore the ways in which the playwright incorporates the idea of freedom into this part of the play.

10. At the start of Part 3, why does Buntu say Sizwe is in real trouble?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

At two moments in the play, in Part 3 and Part 5, Buntu abruptly changes from a positive mindset to a negative one. What do these moments say about him, and what is the playwright trying to say about the attitude of South African blacks through this facet of Buntu's character?

Essay Topic 2

Is the framing device of the letter to Noweto a foundation for the rest of the action, a means to getting out information that cannot easily be staged, or both? Explain your answer with examples from the text.

Essay Topic 3

Comment upon the notion that Styles' statement that 'we own nothing but ourselves' could be construed as being ignorant, coming as it does from a successful black businessman in South Africa.

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