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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the author's ethnic background?
(a) British.
(b) Colombian.
(c) African.
(d) South American.

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

3. Where does Pilkings instruct Amusa to lock Elesin up in Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) His home.
(b) Jail.
(c) A restricted cell.
(d) His study.

4. The author's note primarily serves to inform all except which of the following?
(a) Readers.
(b) Directors.
(c) Producers.
(d) Writers.

5. Whom does Elesin want by his side at his death?
(a) His wife.
(b) The praise-singer.
(c) Iyaloja.
(d) His son.

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

7. Where does Elesin wish to make the transition?
(a) The palace.
(b) Out in the wilderness.
(c) His home.
(d) The market.

8. In regards to time, how should the play be performed?
(a) Slowly.
(b) Without interval.
(c) Following the Yoruban time schedule.
(d) Large breaks between scenes.

9. Which other nationality has also done an adaptation of this play by medium of film, as explained in the author's note?
(a) Italy.
(b) Germany.
(c) Bolivia.
(d) China.

10. .The praise-singer could also be seen as _______________.
(a) Elesin's best friend.
(b) A god.
(c) Elesin's conscience.
(d) Elesin's soul.

11. What does Elesin claim his response will NOT be when death comes for him?
(a) "Not I".
(b) "Not me".
(c) "Please do not take me".
(d) "I".

12. What is it that Elesin craves before his death?
(a) A prostitute.
(b) Fine wine.
(c) A bed of roses.
(d) Finer cloth.

13. In Act 1, Scene 1, Elesin and the praise-singer have a discussion where Elesin compares him to a jealous _______.
(a) Officer.
(b) Wife.
(c) Girl.
(d) Man.

14. Who is supposed to make an important appearance later in the evening?
(a) The Prince of England.
(b) Elesin Oba.
(c) The Yoruban King.
(d) Joseph.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do the women of the market claim that the "official business" is happening?

2. How many kingdoms are the Yoruba divided into?

3. The praise-singer warns Elesin about being spoiled by what, at the beginning of Act 1, Scene 1?

4. Elesin refers to the market place as his home of _____________.

5. What does Joseph hear in Act 1, Scene 2 that confuses him?

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