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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Olunde does not _______________ Elesin when he sees him.
(a) Acknowledge.
(b) Mourn.
(c) Cry over.
(d) Hug.

2. What does Elesin do to Olunde before he leaves for school?
(a) Wished him luck.
(b) Disowned him.
(c) Asked him to return soon.
(d) Hugged him tightly and said goodbye.

3. Who is in charge of laying Elesin's shrouds?
(a) Amusa.
(b) His new bride.
(c) The women of the market.
(d) Iyaloja.

4. What is the Yoruban word for a rich, woven cloth?
(a) Etutu.
(b) Alari.
(c) Opele.
(d) Robo.

5. What do the women of the market carry as they enter Elesin's cell?
(a) A pyre.
(b) A coffin.
(c) Amusa.
(d) Olunde.

6. Olunde admires the self-sacrificial British soldiers of which war?
(a) The Revolutionary War.
(b) The War of 1812.
(c) World War II.
(d) World War I.

7. Pilkings believes that Elesin is upset by _____________.
(a) Olunde's reaction.
(b) Pilkings' interference.
(c) His own failure to transition.
(d) His bride.

8. What does Elesin seem fascinated with as he sits in his cell?
(a) The moon.
(b) Olunde.
(c) The sun.
(d) His wife's face.

9. How much time does Pilkings give Amusa to arrest Elesin?
(a) 20 minutes.
(b) 1 hour.
(c) 15 minutes.
(d) 30 minutes.

10. Who tells Olunde how to find Mr. and Mrs. Pilkings?
(a) Amusa.
(b) Joseph.
(c) Iyaloja.
(d) No one.

11. What phrase does Elesin use repeatedly to describe Pilkings?
(a) White ghost.
(b) Evil one.
(c) White one.
(d) White man.

12. How many worlds are there in the spirit of the Yoruban race?
(a) Three.
(b) One.
(c) Many.
(d) Two.

13. The Yoruba is a ___________ society, as stated within the text.
(a) Secret.
(b) Complex.
(c) Angelic.
(d) Gracious.

14. What type of dance do the British begin with in Act 1, Scene 4?
(a) Waltz.
(b) Tango.
(c) Marenga.
(d) Serenade.

15. Who is the Master of Death, according to "Death and the king's horseman"?
(a) Memory.
(b) Age.
(c) Anger.
(d) Religion.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who must Elesin Oba tell if he believes he is not able to make the transition?

2. Which century of dress are the Europeans wearing at the ball, as explained in Act 1, Scene 4?

3. Who do the women of the market mockingly claim built the road that runs through it in Act 1, Scene 3?

4. How does Amusa react to the taunting women in the market in Act 1, Scene 3?

5. Which word best describes how the orchestra in playing during the ball in Act 1, Scene 4, as stated in the text?

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