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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Sidi says that Sadiku has a "honey tongue," (20), what literary technique is being used?
(a) Personification.
(b) Allegory.
(c) Metonymy.
(d) Synechdoche.

2. In the opening of "Noon," to what does Sidi compare Lakunle?
(a) A schoolboy.
(b) A book.
(c) A eunuch.
(d) A lion.

3. To what part of a lion does Sidi compare Baroka when she speaks with Sadiku?
(a) Its teeth.
(b) Its mane.
(c) Its claws.
(d) Its hind-quarters.

4. What is the setting for the opening of "Noon"?
(a) The countryside outside the village.
(b) Baroka's house.
(c) The village square.
(d) A road near the market.

5. What job does Baroka give to his favorite wife?
(a) Rubbing his feet.
(b) Carrying messages for him.
(c) Serving him at dinner.
(d) Pulling his underarm hairs.

Short Answer Questions

1. While Sadiku tickles and rubs his feet, what does Baroka do?

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

3. How did Sidi meet the "lost Traveller"?

4. What does Lakunle say is inappropriate about the way Sidi is dressed?

5. What does Lakunle say is true about women's intelligence?

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