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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In which year does the "Anowa" take place?
(a) 1900.
(b) 1825.
(c) 1970.
(d) 1874.

2. Which character in the play portrays the ideal woman figure in African culture?
(a) The girl slave.
(b) None.
(c) Badua.
(d) Anowa.

3. At what point in Phase one, do the Old Man and woman appear?
(a) They are constant throughout.
(b) Toward the beginning.
(c) They are not present in Phase one.
(d) Toward the end.

4. A huge gap of ___________ lies between Badua and Anowa.
(a) Communication.
(b) Respect.
(c) Love.
(d) Care.

5. As stated within the prologue, who do Kofi Ako and Anowa do business with?
(a) White men.
(b) Kofi's family.
(c) Slaves.
(d) Americans.

6. What does Osam say about the men from Kofi Ako's family?
(a) They are horrible men.
(b) They are lazy.
(c) They make good husbands.
(d) They are thieves.

7. What genre does Aidoo's play fall into?
(a) Post colonialism.
(b) Reconstruction.
(c) Colonialism.
(d) The victorian novel.

8. _____________ is the surest way of survival in the village that the characters live in.
(a) Tradition.
(b) Marriage.
(c) Independence.
(d) Farming.

9. Which character is at the center of the play?
(a) The old man and woman.
(b) The land.
(c) Anowa.
(d) Badua.

10. What does Anowa pack up during Phase one?
(a) Her clothes.
(b) Food.
(c) Her belongings.
(d) Money.

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

12. Badua believes that Kofi Ako comes from what kind of family?
(a) A bad family.
(b) An honest family.
(c) A family of thieves.
(d) A wealthy family.

13. Which part of the landscape, as described in the prologue, balances out the lands?
(a) A mountain.
(b) A valley.
(c) A lake.
(d) A river.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the path Anowa is believed to be destined for?

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

3. Which word does Badua use to describe Kofi Ako in Phase one?

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

5. By whom is a large part of Anowa's country ruled?

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