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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1, Scene 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who joins the praise-singer in his praises of Elesin in Act 1, Scene 3?
(a) The new bride.
(b) Olunde.
(c) Iyaloja.
(d) Amusa.

2. Which character is NOT present in the last scene of the play?
(a) Amusa.
(b) Pilkings.
(c) Aid-de-camp.
(d) Olunde.

3. What is Amusa's character ruled by, as can be seen toward the middle of Act 1, Scene 3?
(a) Fear.
(b) Pain.
(c) Humiliation.
(d) Anger.

4. Finish the sentence. The British involvement in this story is ______________.
(a) Problematic.
(b) Contradictory.
(c) Destructive.
(d) Incidental.

5. What is the author's ethnic background?
(a) South American.
(b) British.
(c) Colombian.
(d) African.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Elesin's bride pour over his eyelids in the last scene of the play?

2. Which genre of literature does Soyinka's work fall under?

3. What is the Yoruban term for an ancestral masquerade?

4. How many deaths occur within the story?

5. During what major event did Soyinka decide to set her play around?

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