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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does "Oba" mean?
(a) Servant.
(b) King.
(c) Chosen one.
(d) Prince.

2. The messenger should be denied _______ he asks for.
(a) Women.
(b) Everything.
(c) Nothing.
(d) The life.

3. What is Olunde's suicide weapon as stated in the author's note?
(a) Poison.
(b) Chains.
(c) Not stated.
(d) Handcuffs.

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

5. What is the object that distracts Elesin offstage in Act 1, Scene 1 of the play?
(a) A beautiful woman.
(b) Wine.
(c) Rich food.
(d) Fine cloth.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which character acts as the voice of reason throughout the play?

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

3. Which dance do Jane and Pilkings dance to in the second scene of the play?

4. At which setting does the play open?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Olunde react when he finally sees his father, alive?

2. What is the job of the praise-singer?

3. Why does Amusa fail in arresting Elesin?

4. Who is Amusa and what is his role?

5. Describe Elesin's reaction when Jane attempts to plead with him in the last scene of the play.

6. Soyinka mentions Pilkings in his author's note. What is important to understand about Pilkings' character, according to Soyinka?

7. How does Olunde react when he sees Jane in the ancestral mask?

8. How is foreshadowing present in the opening scene of the play?

9. How are Pilkings and Elesin alike?

10. Explain what happens when Elesin emerges from the bridal tent.

(see the answer keys)

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