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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 2: "Noon".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of shoes is Lakune wearing with his suit?
(a) Formal black shoes.
(b) White sneakers.
(c) Army boots.
(d) Platform shoes.

2. What evidence does Sidi give that women are not the "weaker sex" (4)?
(a) They are the ones who give birth.
(b) They do a lot of hard physical labor.
(c) They are able to rule their households without social power.
(d) They are good in a crisis.

3. What are the village school children learning when the play opens?
(a) A Nigerian folktale.
(b) English greetings.
(c) The times tables.
(d) The English alphabet.

4. How do the villagers feel about Lakunle?
(a) They think he is strange and full of silly, pretentious ideas.
(b) They think he has done great things for their village.
(c) They admire his education but think that he is corrupt.
(d) They respect and fear him.

5. Besides her own beauty, what does Sidi point out to Sadiku about the photographs?
(a) They will earn her a husband from Lagos.
(b) The village is small and poor.
(c) Baroka is old and unattractive.
(d) Lakunle is the most handsome man in the village.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Lakunle calls Sidi, "My Ruth, my Rachel, Esther, Bathsheba," (20), whom is he comparing Sidi to?

2. When Lakunle hears Baroka's plans for Sidi, what does he say about Baroka?

3. What does Sidi say a man has to do in order to marry her?

4. What additional request does Sadiku make of Sidi, after Sidi turns down Baroka's proposal?

5. What confession does Baroka make to Sadiku that he says he has told no one else?

(see the answer key)

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