1 Growing up, a young Ousmane Sembène ___. became educated in fillmmaking abandoned the Muslim faith of his father was only educated in Wolof culture and language attended both French and Islamic school 2 After serving in WWII, Sembène returned to Senegal, where he ___. participated in the Dakar-Niger Railroad Workers' Strike became involved with civil bureaucracy returned to live in the Casamance region joined a French language association, which exposed him to a variety of films and novels 3 Pivotal moments came early on for Sembène during his time in France in all of the following ways EXCEPT ___. becoming very interested in Italian language and culture breaking his backbone, which inspired him to take on more intellectual pursuits joining the French Communist Party finding employment as a dockworker in Marseilles, which inspired his novel "Le Docker noir" 4 Sembène's interest in sociopolitical and historical themes was solidified early on by ___. meeting with a variety of historians at the local docks reading Boccaccio's "Decameron" reading the works of Neruda, Wright, and other Marxists from around the world research he conducted for one of his jobs as a librarian 5 Sembène's pivot towards depicting "African life" in his work came with ___. Protection (Mooladé) God's Bits of Wood (Les bouts de bois de dieu) O pays, mon beau peuple Xala 6 Sembène studied filmmaking in ___. South Africa Russia France America 7 Sembène liked Wolof film as a medium because ___. it helped him exclude a wider European and global audience it gave him insight into the consumer trends of West Africa it helped him reach a wider audience, since many Senegalese could not read or write in French it helped him to unpack his own identity more effectively than literature 8 Which of Sembène's films was credited with introducing Black, African stories to the cinema world? Xala Mandabi Le Noir de (Black Girl) Guelwaar 9 Sembène is often remembered for the way he centered the narrative and social power of ___. neocolonial bourgeois businessmen a wealthy, white elite in Africa Black, African women African clergy 10 The important social structures of the Wolof people were developed during the time of ___. French colonization the domination of the kingdom of Ghana the Djolof (Jolof) Empire the domination of the kingdom of Mali 11 Coastal Wolof peoples were able to initially gain power during colonization by ___. trading slaves and weapons with the French setting up their own maritime trade leagues attending schools abroad in France and Germany participating in the French bureaucracy 12 Over time, as Wolof language became the lingua franca of postcolonial Senegalese cities, the Wolof people ___. saw a commensurate rise in power and influence in national affairs nonetheless continued to be oppressed in the colonial and postcolonial milieu expanded their class-based castes to accommodate new occupations and the extant castes of other peoples began to establish a powerful separatist movement that effectively opposed the French 13 The official language of Senegal is currently ___. Fula French Wolof Serer 14 Xala's opening scene focuses on ___. a meeting of Senegalese businessmen who are celebrating the appointment of one of their own to the position of President of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry the internal tensions of El Hadji's various family units the aspirations of Yay Bineta the third wedding of El Hadji 15 El Hadji's marriage to his third wife marks him as ___. someone who notably respects women a "captain," the traditional rank reserved for nobility one of the most eligible bachelors in Senegal a lascivious and disreputable individual 16 Before Independence, El Hadji worked as ___. a banker a doctor an importer-exporter a teacher 17 El Hadji's nickname comes from ___. the fact that he completed the pilgrimage to Mecca his devotion to the cause of Catholicism the fact that he made a trip to Spain his resemblance to another figure, named Hadji 18 Yay Bineta took the initiative in matching El Hadji with N'Gone because ___. Mam Fatou asked her to do so Yay Bineta herself wishes to marry El Hadji, but she is fated to never marry again she knew El Hadji well and wanted to give him the prettiest girl in town as a wife N'Gone's work and education prospects were otherwise very poor 19 Which of the following words does NOT describe Adja Awa Astou? Docile Devout Resilient Bold 20 Which of the following words does NOT describe Oumi N'Doye? Spoiled Provincial Strong-willed Sexual 21 El Hadji's first two wives are evocative of ___. the two main traditional castes for women in Wolof culture the two major sides of an important ideological conflict in Senegal the two faces of postcolonial Senegal the two sides of the Senegalese dollar coin 22 Oumi thinks that Adja supports El Hadji's marriage to N'Gone because ___. of her pure and simple devotion to El Hadji N'Gone is, like her, a devout Muslim she wants to spend even less time than she already does with El Hadji, and throwing a third wife into the mix accomplishes this of an ongoing rivalry between the two of them, which often leaves Adja feeling older and less beautiful 23 Adja's father cut ties with her when ___. she abandoned the Catholicism of her youth to marry El Hadji she left Gorée Island to start dating she had her first child, Rama, out of wedlock she dated a European many years ago 24 Rama shares some traditional values with her mother, such as ___. an appreciation for Wolof langugae the hope to one day be married to a stable and conservative man the belief that women ought to be constrained to the domestic sphere a categorical devotion to Islam 25 Sembène compares Adja's religious devotion to ___. a woodworking hobby a drug addiction a competitive sport a demanding career
