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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1, Scene 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much time does Pilkings give Amusa to arrest Elesin?
(a) 20 minutes.
(b) 30 minutes.
(c) 15 minutes.
(d) 1 hour.

2. In which year did the actual occurrence described in the play take place?
(a) 1946.
(b) 1943.
(c) 1945.
(d) 1941.

3. Which of the following characters is NOT introduced in the first scene of the play?
(a) Iyaloja.
(b) Elesin.
(c) Olohun-iyo.
(d) Amusa.

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

5. How many kingdoms are the Yoruba divided into?
(a) 6.
(b) 5.
(c) Not stated.
(d) 10.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which genre of literature does Soyinka's work fall under?

2. Finish the quotation stated by Jane in Act 1, Scene 4. "The kind of person you feel should be a poet munching _____________ in Bloomsbury".

3. What is the greatest fear of the Yoruban people?

4. Which character in the play would the author, Soyinka, most likely be comparable to?

5. Whose help does Olunde ask for when he hears of Pilkings interference?

(see the answer key)

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