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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. In what style is the dialogue of the play written?
(a) Heroic couplets.
(b) Iambic pentameter.
(c) Free verse.
(d) Villanelle.

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

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."
(a) Rooster.
(b) Chicken.
(c) Man.
(d) Cockerel.

4. The author states that this story illustrates a ____________________ between two cultures.
(a) Coming together.
(b) Clash.
(c) Confrontation.
(d) Misunderstanding.

5. What does Elesin claim his response will NOT be when death comes for him?
(a) "Please do not take me".
(b) "Not me".
(c) "I".
(d) "Not I".

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Soyinka, what first needs to exist before there can be a clash between two cultures?

2. According to the praise-singer, what must happen for the fowl to know his true friends?

3. How many kingdoms are the Yoruba divided into?

4. What is another name for the praise-singer?

5. The author's note primarily serves to inform all except which of the following?

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