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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. Which word best describes Iyaloja's feelings upon hearing that Elesin wishes to take a bride, according to the text?
(a) Pleased.
(b) Upset.
(c) Angry.
(d) Grieved.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Iyaloja focus on with Elesin's request for a young wife?

2. What are Jane and Pilkings wearing at the beginning of Act 1, Scene 2?

3. In Yoruban culture, which character must lead the king throughout the afterlife?

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

5. Where does Elesin wish to make the transition?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does seeing Elesin alive mean to Olunde?

2. What does Joseph's confusion of the drums symbolize in regard to Elesin's situation?

3. How does Elesin react to Olunde's death?

4. Explain the opening scene of Act 1, Scene 1. What do you find out about Elesin Oba?

5. Who is Amusa and what is his role?

6. What is the conflict with the bride Elesin chooses in the first scene of the play?

7. Explain and identify the background of Soyinka's story.

8. What does Elesin confess when Pilkings leaves his cell in Act 1, Scene 5? To whom does he confess this?

9. How is the scene with Amusa in the market a sign that the British assimilation has failed?

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

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