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

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

3. Which of the following characters is NOT introduced in the first scene of the play?
(a) Olohun-iyo.
(b) Elesin.
(c) Iyaloja.
(d) Amusa.

4. What is the name of Soyinka's novel as stated in the author's note?
(a) Equal Seasons.
(b) Season of Colonialism.
(c) Season of Anatomy.
(d) The Four Seasons.

5. At which setting does the play open?
(a) The palace.
(b) The marketplace.
(c) The British camp.
(d) The river.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who do the Pilkings speak to for more insight to Amusa's report in Act 1, Scene 2?

2. Where does Elesin wish to make the transition?

3. What is the object that distracts Elesin offstage in Act 1, Scene 1 of the play?

4. Which other nationality has also done an adaptation of this play by medium of film, as explained in the author's note?

5. Where was the author educated?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are Jane and Pilkings doing as Act 1, Scene 2 opens and the two are introduced? What are they wearing?

2. What are Olunde's intentions for attending medical school?

3. Why does Amusa fail in arresting Elesin?

4. Why does Pilkings believe that Elesin is upset while he is locked in the cellar in Act 1, Scene 5?

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

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

7. Which agenda seems the most important to Pilkings in Act 1, Scene 2?

8. What is Elesin doing when Amusa comes to arrest him?

9. In Act 1, Scene 1 the praise-singer talks to Elesin about how the Yoruban people have not betrayed their culture, even in the midst of the British occupation. What does the praise-singer claim is the only way the Yoruban people will fail?

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

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