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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1, Scene 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. The Yoruba is a ___________ society, as stated within the text.
(a) Gracious.
(b) Angelic.
(c) Complex.
(d) Secret.

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

4. What is proof of the new bride's virginity?
(a) A ring.
(b) The bridal tent.
(c) White flowers.
(d) Velvet cloth.

5. The masks in Act 1, Scene 2, signify what?
(a) Life.
(b) The underworld.
(c) Fear.
(d) Death.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what way is Amusa related to Elesin?

2. To which religion does Amusa belong?

3. For Olunde and the Yoruban people, seeing Elesin alive means that they are seeing the _____________ of the Yoruban world.

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

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

(see the answer key)

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