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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 3: "Night".

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Why does Sidi have Lakunle play the "lost Traveller" in their dance?
(a) Lakunle is the best dancer in their village.
(b) Lakunle asks Sidi for the role because he is trying to get back on her good side.
(c) She is pointing out that he is making himself an outsider.
(d) She feels bad for arguing with him earlier and wants to make it up to him.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Sadiku addresses Baroka as "high and mighty lion," what literary device is being used?

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

3. What "modern" custom does Lakunle try to force on Sidi?

4. When Baroka asks if the hypothetical suitor is "repulsive," (44), what is Sidi's answer?

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

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