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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do Kofi Ako and Anowa react to the other party's reaction of their affection in Phase one?
(a) They dance.
(b) They laugh.
(c) They hug.
(d) They kiss.

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

3. What does Osam attempt in Phase one in order to gain some control/peace?
(a) An argument.
(b) Retaliation.
(c) An intervention.
(d) Punishment.

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

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

6. Whom does Anowa encounter in Phase one?
(a) Badua.
(b) Osam.
(c) Being-The-Mouth-That-Eats-Salt-And-Pepper.
(d) Kofi Ako.

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

8. Which political category best suits Anowa's character?
(a) Socialism.
(b) Feminism.
(c) Masochism.
(d) Libertarianism.

9. What type of chorus do the old man and the old woman represent throughout the play, as stated in the prologue?
(a) Elizabethan chorus.
(b) Call-and-Response.
(c) Greek chorus.
(d) Roman chorus.

10. Who originally tells Aidoo the story of Anowa?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Her grandmother.
(c) Her father.
(d) Her aunt.

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

12. Which word best describes Badua's feelings upon hearing Anowa's news in Phase one, as can be seen in the text?
(a) Furious.
(b) Joyous.
(c) Serious.
(d) Unhappy.

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

14. What is the other woman in Phase one carrying?
(a) Clothes.
(b) Soup.
(c) Vegetables.
(d) Wool.

15. What else does Anowa's becoming a priestess bring to her family?
(a) Order.
(b) Wealth.
(c) Respectibility.
(d) Happiness.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the other party react, when seeing the nature of the connection between Kofi Ako and Anowa in Phase one?

2. Aidoo writes her play during what major political literary movement?

3. Who does Badua discuss Anowa with at the beginning of Phase one?

4. What does Osam say about the men from Kofi Ako's family?

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

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