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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which word best describes how the orchestra in playing during the ball in Act 1, Scene 4, as stated in the text?
(a) Badly.
(b) Ornately.
(c) Loud.
(d) Beautifully.

2. What does Elesin seem fascinated with as he sits in his cell?
(a) The sun.
(b) The moon.
(c) Olunde.
(d) His wife's face.

3. Which position is the soldier in that Olunde admires?
(a) Officer.
(b) Captain.
(c) Sergeant.
(d) Foot soldier.

4. What color sash does Elesin Oba wear?
(a) Green.
(b) Blue.
(c) Red.
(d) Orange.

5. Which word best describes Olunde's reaction to his father's death?
(a) Angry.
(b) Sad.
(c) Calm.
(d) Upset.

6. What type of material makes up Elesin's handcuffs?
(a) Silver.
(b) Lead.
(c) Steel.
(d) Iron.

7. How does Amusa react to the taunting women in the market in Act 1, Scene 3?
(a) He fights.
(b) He becomes consumed in anger.
(c) He cries.
(d) He retreats.

8. Throughout the play there is a correlation between the death of the power of religion as well as the death of __________.
(a) Ritual.
(b) The young.
(c) Culture.
(d) Faith.

9. What phrase does Elesin use repeatedly to describe Pilkings?
(a) White man.
(b) White one.
(c) Evil one.
(d) White ghost.

10. What animal does Elesin use to describe Pilkings' guards?
(a) Frogs.
(b) Snakes.
(c) Serpents.
(d) Lizards.

11. How much time has elapsed since Olunde received word of the king's death, as stated in Act 1, Scene 4?
(a) One week.
(b) Two months.
(c) Three months.
(d) One month.

12. Which type of musical instrument remains prominent throughout the play?
(a) Bass.
(b) Drum.
(c) Mbira.
(d) Piano.

13. Who performs the ritual sacrifices made for the Yoruban king?
(a) Chief brothers.
(b) The women of the market.
(c) New king.
(d) Elesin Oba.

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

15. Which century of dress are the Europeans wearing at the ball, as explained in Act 1, Scene 4?
(a) Fifteenth.
(b) Seventeenth.
(c) Sixteenth.
(d) Eighteenth.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Amusa's character ruled by, as can be seen toward the middle of Act 1, Scene 3?

2. What do the women of the market carry as they enter Elesin's cell?

3. What is the floor of the market covered with after Elesin's wedding?

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

5. What part of the body must touch the ground one final time before the transition is made?

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