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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Elesin doing when he realizes that his last day is almost over?
(a) Singing.
(b) Feasting.
(c) Dancing.
(d) Resting.

2. According to the praise-singer, what must happen for the fowl to know his true friends?
(a) The shedding of the tail.
(b) The cockerel hides its feathers.
(c) When the women cover him in damask.
(d) Wind blows cold from behind.

3. What does Iyaloja focus on with Elesin's request for a young wife?
(a) The young woman's approval.
(b) The wedding night.
(c) Her own failed marriage.
(d) A baby.

4. 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) Man.
(b) Cockerel.
(c) Chicken.
(d) Rooster.

5. What phrase do Elesin and the praise-singer use to describe the afterlife?
(a) Heaven.
(b) The other side.
(c) The other world.
(d) The underworld.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which literary medium does Soyinka's work fall under?

2. The praise singer can be seen as a symbol of ________________.

3. What is it that Elesin craves before his death?

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

5. Which of the following is NOT included in things that Elesin loves, as described in the first scene of the play?

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