Anansi by Alistair Campbell: Character, Plot and Theme

The play Anansi is about...

• fun and games only.

• Slave Trade in the Caribbean.

• knitting a spider web.

• none of the above.

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The young character that is captured on the shores of Africa is ...

• The Girl

• The Boy

• Betty

• The Woman

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Anansi the character in the play is ...

• the biggest character in the story.

• easily tricked by the other characters.

• only interested in making jokes.

• small, but he is wise and cunning.

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The Woman in the play Anansi is a symbol of ...

• fear.

• hope and survival.

• African patriotism.

• submission.

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The Boy and the Girl display the theme of _________.

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________ conditions were on the slave ship.

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The slave ship in Anansi is the ....

• Good Ship Hope

• Hope Good Ship

• Good Ship

• Slave Ship

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The Captain in the play says, "The only story that counts, young man. The story that says that  money makes the world go around' to highlight the theme of ...

• Power

• Inequality

• racism and slavery

• gender roles.

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The theme of Struggle and Hardship is experienced by ...

• the Boy who the Captain tells to get rid of his diary.

• the Captain who worries about the cargo on the ship.

• the slaves aboard the ship as they are fed poorly and treated like animals.

• 
  
  the sailors who have to endure the long journey on the ship.

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The playwright uses the technique of _______ _____ when the character Anansi tricks Snake, Goat, and Tiger and only the audience is aware of what Anansi is doing.

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