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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 1: "Morning".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the formal title of the village leader?
(a) Baba.
(b) Ilujinle.
(c) Alakowe.
(d) Bale.

2. When the play opens, who has Sidi promised to marry?
(a) Baroka.
(b) Lakunle.
(c) The photographer.
(d) The lost traveller.

3. What is Sidi carrying in the opening of the play?
(a) Water.
(b) A magazine.
(c) Books.
(d) Rice.

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

5. What does Lakunle say is true about women's intelligence?
(a) They are good at talking, but not good at math.
(b) They are better at strategy than men are.
(c) They have smaller and less capable brains.
(d) They are men's intellectual equals.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the author of The Lion and the Jewel?

2. What is the name of the village?

3. Who is Ogun?

4. Who plays the role of Baroka in the "dance of the lost Traveller"?

5. Why is Baroka jealous of Sidi?

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