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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 custom does Sadiku mention to tempt Sidi to marry Baroka?
(a) Younger siblings waiting to marry until older siblings marry.
(b) The gifts and money that her family will receive.
(c) Prominent men having several wives.
(d) The new Bale inheriting the old Bale's wife.

2. When Lakunle talks about machines that will someday help women with their work, what is Sidi's reply?
(a) She says that she will marry him if he can get her these machines.
(b) She says that he is lying and that these things do not exist.
(c) She says that she will move to Lagos, where she can use these machines.
(d) She says that he will turn their whole world upside down.

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

4. Who is Sadiku?
(a) Baroka's favorite wife.
(b) One of Baroka's concubines.
(c) Baroka's senior wife.
(d) Sidi's mother.

5. What does Sidi say a man has to do in order to marry her?
(a) Become a leader.
(b) Pay her bride-price.
(c) Kill a lion.
(d) Speak with her father.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Sidi have Lakunle play the "lost Traveller" in their dance?

2. What is ironic about Sidi saying that Sadiku has a "honey tongue" (20)?

3. What is happening onstage while Lakunle tells the story of Baroka's corruption?

4. Besides her own beauty, what does Sidi point out to Sadiku about the photographs?

5. What evidence does Sidi give that women are not the "weaker sex" (4)?

(see the answer key)

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