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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. What does Styles tell the man who is picking up his family photos to do?
2. What does the owner of the car manufacturing plant call himself in his speech to the plant workers?
3. What did Buntu allow Zwelinzima to do?
4. How did the owner of Styles' car manufacturing company first arrive at the organization for his speech?
5. In his recollection spurred by the insect repellent, what animal does Styles compare himself to?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does Sizwe tear off his clothes in Part 4?
2. Why might Styles' charming demeanor come as a surprise to the audience, given the times in which this play takes place, as well as the period in which it was performed?
3. How does Buntu help Sizwe "practice" being Robert Zwelinzima?
4. Explain how as an audience, we know from the very opening scene that this play will involve the concepts of racial discrimination against blacks, and their struggles.
5. Why does Buntu's mood change at the end of Part 3?
6. How much respect does Buntu have for Sizwe?
7. Are Sizwe's and Buntu's reactions to finding the dead body the same? Explain your answer.
8. Hypothesize the possible meanings this Part of the play and the passbook itself could have in relation to the struggle of black people against white people.
9. Why might the father of the family who came into Styles' studio have died so soon after having come in?
10. Why doesn't Sizwe want to work in the mines?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Given the desperation of the situation in which blacks found themselves in Apartheid-era South Africa, is it honorable or dishonorable for Sizwe to claim the identity of a dead man? Explain your answer with examples from the text.
Essay Topic 2
Discuss how pride is central to the play, paying particular attention to the relationship between Buntu and Sizwe Banzi.
Essay Topic 3
In the final moments of the play, Styles tells Sizwe to smile. Explain how this instruction from one character to another functions as a summary of the play's themes of hope, struggle, and change.
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