View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is another name for the coast on which the play is set?
(a) The Silver Coast.
(b) The Anglican Coast.
(c) The Red Coast.
(d) The Gold Coast.

2. What type of relationships is the play built around?
(a) Woman-woman.
(b) Mother-daughter.
(c) Male-female.
(d) Husband-wife.

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

4. Which of the following is not said to be included in the play?
(a) Conventional relationships.
(b) Familial values.
(c) Music.
(d) Politics.

5. Aidoo sets the prologue of the story in this place, setting the stage for the beginning of colonialism.
(a) Germany.
(b) Fantiland.
(c) Britain.
(d) France.

Short Answer Questions

1. What genre does Aidoo's play fall into?

2. How many surviving children does Badua have?

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

4. Which character in the story represents the antithesis of the ideal person, according to African tradition?

5. What type of input do the people of Anowa's village have in regard to how their country is run politically?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 188 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample