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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) Loud.
(b) Beautifully.
(c) Ornately.
(d) Badly.

2. This character is portrayed as being selfish and ignorant of others' cultures.
(a) Pilkings.
(b) Bob.
(c) Jane.
(d) Amusa.

3. What is the Yoruban term for an ancestral masquerade?
(a) Robo.
(b) Alari.
(c) Etutu.
(d) Egungun.

4. Who do the women of the market mockingly claim built the road that runs through it in Act 1, Scene 3?
(a) Amusa's father.
(b) Amusa.
(c) Pilkings.
(d) Joseph's father.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which type of bird must serve the offering once the death ritual is complete?

2. Which word best describes Elesin's feelings toward Olunde's reaction to him?

3. This is mentioned throughout the text. It is a delicacy of crushed melon seeds.

4. Finish the quotation stated by Jane in Act 1, Scene 4. "The kind of person you feel should be a poet munching _____________ in Bloomsbury".

5. Where will the ball be taking place?

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