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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Jane call the scene of splendor as Olunde gestures toward it during their argument?
(a) Beauty.
(b) Decadence.
(c) Life.
(d) Therapy.

2. According to the praise-singer, what must happen for the fowl to know his true friends?
(a) The cockerel hides its feathers.
(b) When the women cover him in damask.
(c) The shedding of the tail.
(d) Wind blows cold from behind.

3. According to Elesin Oba, he is the master of what?
(a) The afterlife.
(b) His own fate.
(c) The lives of many.
(d) The Yoruban world.

4. Who is the Residency's club secretary?
(a) Engleton.
(b) Amusa.
(c) Simon.
(d) The Resident.

5. What is the Yoruban term for an ancestral masquerade?
(a) Robo.
(b) Etutu.
(c) Egungun.
(d) Alari.

Short Answer Questions

1. Elesin's love and appreciation for life is ________________ for his community.

2. Where does Elesin wish to make the transition?

3. As stated by the praise-singer in the play, what does a man forget when he approaches a brand new bride?

4. At what type of school is Olunde studying?

5. The author states that this story illustrates a ____________________ between two cultures.

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