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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. Which of the following actions is NOT being performed at the beginning of the play?
(a) Cows being milked.
(b) Stalls being emptied.
(c) Mats being folded.
(d) Baskets being carried.

2. Which character acts as the voice of reason throughout the play?
(a) Iyaloja.
(b) Jane.
(c) Olunde.
(d) Pilkings.

3. What do the women of the market claim took Olunde away?
(a) A ship.
(b) The ocean.
(c) The British.
(d) The gods.

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

5. According to Soyinka, what first needs to exist before there can be a clash between two cultures?
(a) Power struggle.
(b) Similarity.
(c) War.
(d) Equality.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Elesin claim is the center of his life?

3. Which word best describes Iyaloja's feelings upon hearing that Elesin wishes to take a bride, according to the text?

4. How many years has Olunde been in school thus far, as stated within the conversation in Act 1, Scene 2?

5. To which religion does Amusa belong?

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