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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which word could reasonably be used to describe Lakunle's way of talking?
(a) Pessimistic.
(b) Cheerful.
(c) Respectful.
(d) Condescending.

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

3. Who is the author of The Lion and the Jewel?
(a) Sadiku.
(b) Soyinka.
(c) Baroka.
(d) Lakunle.

4. Why does Lakunle object to Sidi carrying things on her head?
(a) He says it is the way men, not women, carry things.
(b) He says it is an example of how women are discriminated against.
(c) He says it makes her look like a beast of burden.
(d) He says it is bad for her spine.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Sidi carrying in the opening of the play?

2. Who is Sidi?

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

4. What does Lakunle say that he wants a wife to be?

5. Sidi has already changed the way she dresses for Lakunle. What does she say is the consequence of this change?

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