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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1, Scene 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Finish the quotation by Elesin Oba from Act 1, Scene 1. "This market is my roost. When I come among the women I am a(n) ____________ with a hundred mothers."
(a) Cockerel.
(b) Chicken.
(c) Rooster.
(d) Man.

2. What are Jane and Pilkings wearing at the beginning of Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) Jewelry.
(b) Fancy clothes.
(c) Wigs.
(d) Masks.

3. Who is responsible if the Yoruban world were to fall off course?
(a) The praise-singer.
(b) The King's Horseman.
(c) The mother of the market.
(d) The British.

4. According to Olunde, what is the greatest art of the British?
(a) Painting.
(b) Survival.
(c) Throwing parties.
(d) Sculpture.

5. What is proof of the new bride's virginity?
(a) A ring.
(b) The bridal tent.
(c) Velvet cloth.
(d) White flowers.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many years has Olunde been in school thus far, as stated within the conversation in Act 1, Scene 2?

2. What does Joseph hear in Act 1, Scene 2 that confuses him?

3. What does Pilkings believe Elesin's duty to be?

4. What type of dance do the British begin with in Act 1, Scene 4?

5. Which word best describes how the orchestra in playing during the ball in Act 1, Scene 4, as stated in the text?

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