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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1, Scene 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At which setting does the play open?
(a) The palace.
(b) The marketplace.
(c) The British camp.
(d) The river.

2. Where was the author educated?
(a) Ireland.
(b) England.
(c) France.
(d) Africa.

3. In Act 1, Scene 2, Jane discusses how calling holy water "nonsense" would offend whom?
(a) Elesin.
(b) A Roman Catholic.
(c) A Muslim.
(d) Amusa.

4. The messenger should be denied _______ he asks for.
(a) Everything.
(b) Women.
(c) The life.
(d) Nothing.

5. Whom does Soyinka blame for the tragedy of the story?
(a) The French.
(b) Iyaloja.
(c) The British.
(d) Elesin Oba.

Short Answer Questions

1. In which year did the actual occurrence described in the play take place?

2. .The praise-singer could also be seen as _______________.

3. What do the women of the market claim took Olunde away?

4. Whom does Elesin want by his side at his death?

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

(see the answer key)

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