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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which character is portrayed as understanding throughout the play?
(a) Amusa.
(b) Pilkings.
(c) Iyaloja.
(d) Jane.

2. Jane influences Pilkings through ____________.
(a) Fear.
(b) Intuition.
(c) Flattery.
(d) Instruction.

3. In the author's note, Soyinka states that Elesin Oba is the _____________ in the eyes of the Yoruban people.
(a) Horseman.
(b) Salvation.
(c) King.
(d) Universe.

4. Which character in the play would the author, Soyinka, most likely be comparable to?
(a) Elesin.
(b) Amusa.
(c) Jane.
(d) Olunde.

5. What is the name of Soyinka's novel as stated in the author's note?
(a) Season of Colonialism.
(b) Season of Anatomy.
(c) The Four Seasons.
(d) Equal Seasons.

6. Finish the sentence. The British involvement in this story is ______________.
(a) Incidental.
(b) Contradictory.
(c) Problematic.
(d) Destructive.

7. What is Elesin doing when he realizes that his last day is almost over?
(a) Dancing.
(b) Feasting.
(c) Singing.
(d) Resting.

8. What phrase do Elesin and the praise-singer use to describe the afterlife?
(a) The other side.
(b) The underworld.
(c) Heaven.
(d) The other world.

9. Oyo is a _______________.
(a) Religion.
(b) City.
(c) Character.
(d) Kingdom.

10. In which country did the original story take place?
(a) Nigeria.
(b) Zimbabwe.
(c) Somalia.
(d) Ethiopia.

11. In Yoruban culture, which character must lead the king throughout the afterlife?
(a) His bride.
(b) His horseman.
(c) A praise-singer.
(d) His servant.

12. What drives the action in the Yoruban world?
(a) The gods.
(b) The king.
(c) Elesin Oba.
(d) Music.

13. Oyo was the ____________ kingdom in Nigeria.
(a) Cruelest.
(b) Greatest.
(c) Happiest.
(d) Finest.

14. Which of the following is NOT included in things that Elesin loves, as described in the first scene of the play?
(a) Women.
(b) Red wine.
(c) Fine cloth.
(d) Rich food.

15. What is another name for the praise-singer?
(a) Oba-iyo.
(b) Elohino-iya.
(c) Olohun-iyo.
(d) Olohamora.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the object that distracts Elesin offstage in Act 1, Scene 1 of the play?

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

3. The British had several Yoruban religious practices ______________.

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

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

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