View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who plays the role of Baroka in the "dance of the lost Traveller"?
(a) Sadiku.
(b) Baroka.
(c) Sidi.
(d) Soyinka.

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

4. Where does the "lost Traveller" come from?
(a) Zimbabwe.
(b) Lagos.
(c) A nearby village.
(d) England.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lakunle think of the villagers?

2. Who is Ogun?

3. What are the village school children learning when the play opens?

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

5. When Lakunle talks about machines that will someday help women with their work, what is Sidi's reply?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 373 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample