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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Throughout the play there is a correlation between the death of the power of religion as well as the death of __________.

3. What is Amusa's character ruled by, as can be seen toward the middle of Act 1, Scene 3?

4. Who is the Master of Death, according to "Death and the king's horseman"?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Elesin explain his failure to complete his transition? How do God and intervention relate to one another in this respect?

Essay Topic 2

What does anti-colonialism have to do with the driving forces of the play? How do Soyinka's own feelings of anti-colonialism come to the surface with his writing of "Death and the King's horseman"?

Essay Topic 3

The theme of duty is important for the action of the text. Explain Elesin's duty and why failure of that duty would cause the Yoruban universe to spin out of control. Be sure to use in-text citations to support your claims.

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