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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. What type of transportation does Olunde use to travel home as discussed in Act 1, Scene 3?
(a) Plane.
(b) Ship.
(c) WWII medical jet.
(d) Mail boat.

2. Soyinka's story is based upon ______.
(a) Creation myths of Nigeria.
(b) Yoruban myth.
(c) Factual information.
(d) Historical events.

3. What is the greatest fear of the Yoruban people?
(a) That Olunde will not retrun from England.
(b) That the British will take over their culture.
(c) The king will be stuck in transition.
(d) That Elesin will not die.

4. "Death and the King's Horseman" is a story of ____________________ rather than British colonization.
(a) The love of life.
(b) Human sacrifice.
(c) A cultural clash.
(d) Human weakness.

5. In which year did the actual occurrence described in the play take place?
(a) 1946.
(b) 1945.
(c) 1941.
(d) 1943.

Short Answer Questions

1. Olunde does not _______________ Elesin when he sees him.

2. What do the women of the market gain possession of in their fight with the British officers?

3. 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."

4. Which character in the play would the author, Soyinka, most likely be comparable to?

5. To whom is Elesin's new bride betrothed?

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