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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Prologue.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Aidoo's explanation in the prologue, where do the white men come from?
(a) Fantiland.
(b) Beyond the horizon.
(c) The underground.
(d) France.

2. Which African form of oral literature is Aidoo's play passed down from?
(a) Akin.
(b) The African affirmation tale.
(c) Atanda.
(d) Akan.

3. What does Aidoo use to help in the construction of the play's characters?
(a) Historical elements.
(b) African heritage.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Creation mythology.

4. Anowa represents a ____________ to the conventional ways of her village.
(a) Youth.
(b) Benefit.
(c) Change.
(d) Threat.

5. Aidoo writes her play during what major political literary movement?
(a) Realism.
(b) Post modernist.
(c) Cultural relativism.
(d) Pan-African.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the one oddity in the village, as described in the prologue?

2. Which character in the story uses a system of projection/replacement as a way of making up for his/her shortcomings?

3. How many surviving children does Badua have?

4. Which character is at the center of the play?

5. As explained in the prologue, who sets up the tale of Anowa?

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