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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Phase 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the path Anowa is believed to be destined for?
(a) A slave.
(b) High priestess.
(c) Guardian.
(d) Loving mother and wife.

3. Who asks Anowa to marry him in Phase one?
(a) No one.
(b) The old man.
(c) Kofi Ako.
(d) A young man from the village.

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

5. Who does Anowa's willfulness reflect on? As is typically seen in the villagers tradition.
(a) Her parents.
(b) Badua.
(c) Osam.
(d) The tribe elders.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which word best describes how the people of Anowa's village prefer to live?

2. At what point in Phase one, do the Old Man and woman appear?

3. In what part of Africa does the "Anowa" take place?

4. What is another name for the coast on which the play is set?

5. Who does the old woman have sympathy for by the end of Phase one?

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