Sizwe Banzi is Dead Quizzes

Sizwe Banzi is Dead Quiz 1

By John Melendez · Edited by James Cooper · Last reviewed September 05, 2023

1 Who is the protagonist of the play?

Sizwe

Nowetu

Buntu

Styles
2 When was the play published?

1915

1972

1921

1940
3 What kind of job does Styles have?

He is an exterminator

He is a photographer

He is a carpenter

He is a painter
4 Where does Styles work before his current job?

A car factory

A farm

A sugar mill

A bomb factory
5 Who is said to visit Styles's car factory?

Winston Churchill

Nelson Mandela

Athol Fugard

Henry Ford
6 What is Styles reading at the very beginning of the play?

A pamphlet

A novel

An ad

A newspaper
7 Where does the first scene of the play take place?

A car factory

Styles's apartment

A graveyard

Styles's photography studio
8 What comment in the article that Styles is reading makes him doubtful?

When Nixon says he will visit South Africa

When factory officials say working conditions will improve for Black factory workers

When the National Party says there will be massive reforms

When a man named Sizwe says he is returning to Port Elizabeth
9 What smell does Styles describe at the car factory?

Grease and iron

Sawdust

Sparks

Oil and dirt
10 When is Styles told to paint safety precautions on the floor?

A year into his working there

Never, they are already there

Three years before Ford's visit

Right before Ford's visit
11 Why does Styles leave the factory?

Because he gets burned by a machine

Because he hates his boss

Because he isn't given a promotion

Because he feels his life isn't really his
12 What happens after Henry Ford arrives at Styles's factory?

He walks around and shakes everyone's hands

He says hello to the bosses and not the workers

He leaves without going inside

He never arrives
13 What type of smile does Styles say the workers have on at the factory?

A beaming one

A mask-like one

An honest one

They aren't smiling
14 What makes Styles "walk heavy"?

His depression

His new boots

His new gloves

His exhaustion
15 What does Styles compare his bosses to?

Lions

Jackals

Wolves

Puppies
16 What is Style's studio full of when he first arrives?

Cockroachs

Ferrets

Mice

Rats
17 What is Styles's studio right next to?

An office building

A soda shop

A grocery store

A funeral parlor
18 Who wrote the play?

Sam Shepard

Athol Fugard

Tennesse Williams

Samuel Beckett
19 Who told Styles not to be a photographer?

His wife

His father

His son

His mother
20 Who does Styles say must always be right while taking a photograph?

The matriarch of a family

The eldest son

The customer

The photographer
21 What customer does Styles describe being happy for?

A man who has recently completed an education degree

A woman has recently been married

Sizwe Bansi

A government official
22 What was a key aspect of apartheid legislation?

Pass laws

Equality

Maritime embargos

Cease fires
23 Where is the play set?

Giza

New Brighton

Cape Town

Nairobi
24 Where did the play premiere?

London

New Brighton

Cape Town

New York
25 What kind of knock does Styles say he wants at the door?

A dolorous one

A loud one

A hesitant one

An energetic one

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