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This test consists of 5 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) Loud.
(c) Beautifully.
(d) Ornately.

2. To whom does Soyinka dedicate this play?
(a) His mother.
(b) His father.
(c) The Yoruban people.
(d) Elesin Oba.

3. Olunde admires the self-sacrificial British soldiers of which war?
(a) World War II.
(b) World War I.
(c) The War of 1812.
(d) The Revolutionary War.

4. In addition to the Yoruban religion, there are several references made to this particular religion throughout the play.
(a) Mysticism.
(b) Islam.
(c) Judaism.
(d) Christianity.

5. What type of drumming beat signifies death in the Yoruban world?
(a) Fast.
(b) Slow.
(c) No drumming.
(d) Steady.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Elesin seem fascinated with as he sits in his cell?

2. Which character sits beside Elesin's cell?

3. Which position is the soldier in that Olunde admires?

4. What time is it when Pilkings finally decides to go after Elesin?

5. What type of clothes does Amusa wear, as described by another character?

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