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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1, Scene 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many deaths occur within the story?
(a) 1.
(b) None.
(c) 2.
(d) 3.

2. Olunde does not _______________ Elesin when he sees him.
(a) Acknowledge.
(b) Hug.
(c) Cry over.
(d) Mourn.

3. What drives the action in the Yoruban world?
(a) The gods.
(b) Elesin Oba.
(c) The king.
(d) Music.

4. What is Olunde's suicide weapon as stated in the author's note?
(a) Poison.
(b) Not stated.
(c) Handcuffs.
(d) Chains.

5. Olunde admires the self-sacrificial British soldiers of which war?
(a) World War II.
(b) World War I.
(c) The War of 1812.
(d) The Revolutionary War.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following characters is NOT introduced in the first scene of the play?

2. Which other nationality has also done an adaptation of this play by medium of film, as explained in the author's note?

3. In Act 1, Scene 2, Jane discusses how calling holy water "nonsense" would offend whom?

4. In whose home does the second scene take place?

5. In Yoruban culture, which character must lead the king throughout the afterlife?

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