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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are Jane and Pilkings wearing at the beginning of Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) Jewelry.
(b) Fancy clothes.
(c) Wigs.
(d) Masks.

2. Which of the following does NOT accurately describe Elesin's character?
(a) Charming.
(b) Selfish.
(c) Committed.
(d) Charismatic.

3. What does Pilkings believe Elesin's duty to be?
(a) Suicide.
(b) Ritual murder.
(c) Dangerous.
(d) Sinful.

4. In what style is the dialogue of the play written?
(a) Free verse.
(b) Villanelle.
(c) Heroic couplets.
(d) Iambic pentameter.

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

6. How many deaths occur within the story?
(a) None.
(b) 3.
(c) 1.
(d) 2.

7. Iyaloja works to enforce what is good for __________.
(a) Elesin.
(b) Her family.
(c) Everyone.
(d) Women only.

8. The British had several Yoruban religious practices ______________.
(a) Within the city limits.
(b) Under contract.
(c) Outlawed.
(d) Convicted.

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

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

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

12. As stated by the praise-singer in the play, what does a man forget when he approaches a brand new bride?
(a) His children.
(b) The mother of his children.
(c) Himself.
(d) The Yoruban people.

13. The author states that this story illustrates a ____________________ between two cultures.
(a) Coming together.
(b) Misunderstanding.
(c) Clash.
(d) Confrontation.

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

15. Finish the quotation by Elesin Oba from Act 1, Scene 1. "This market is my roost. When I come among the women I am a(n) ____________ with a hundred mothers."
(a) Man.
(b) Cockerel.
(c) Rooster.
(d) Chicken.

Short Answer Questions

1. Finish the sentence. The British involvement in this story is ______________.

2. What do the women of the market threaten to remove from Amusa if he refuses to leave?

3. Jane influences Pilkings through ____________.

4. At which setting does the play open?

5. What type of device plays the music in the Pilkings' home in Act 1, Scene 2?

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