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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As explained in the prologue, who sets up the tale of Anowa?
(a) Slave boys.
(b) Tribe elders.
(c) Badua.
(d) The ghost of Anowa.

2. What is the one oddity in the village, as described in the prologue?
(a) The high priestess.
(b) Kofi Ako.
(c) The weather.
(d) Anowa.

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

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

5. How many of these relationship couplings are presented within the play?
(a) Two.
(b) Four.
(c) Three.
(d) One.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the village, in which "Anowa" takes place?

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

3. Where is Aidoo originally from, as stated in the prologue of the story?

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

5. The grand theme of this play lies mainly in what?

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