Review Quiz_3C Wrecking It to Make Some Sense

1. Wole Soyinka became a political prisoner during the civil war in Nigeria.
True

2. He was the president of Senegal who was mostly known for his support of the black literary
movement.
Leopold Sedar Senghor

3. Which is not a type of irony?

Sarcasm

4. Wole Soyinka contradicts the principles of the African political/literary movement because it
gives a defensive character to African ideas.
True

5. What fateful event happened in 1909 in the life of Mistral?

Romeo (Romelio) Ureta committed suicide

6. What is Gabriela Mistral's real name?

Lucila Godoy y Alcayaga

7. Even though she did not finish college, Mistral was appointed school principal.
True

8. The persona in Telephone Conversation seemed to have a problem at the beginning of the
poem, which he thought would be resolved by engaging in that conversation. What seemed to
be the problem?
He needed to find a place to stay

9. What job did Gabriela Mistral take when she stopped attending school?
Teacher aid

10. What does Mistral's epitaph say?

“What the soul is to the body, so is the artist to his people.”