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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whom does Sidi credit with having taught her to value herself and think critically about her choices?
(a) Lakunle and her mother.
(b) Her mother and father.
(c) The stranger from Lagos and her father.
(d) Lakunle and the stranger from Lagos.

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

3. When Sadiku addresses Baroka as "high and mighty lion," what literary device is being used?
(a) Synecdoche.
(b) Understatement.
(c) Epithet.
(d) Simile.

4. In "Noon," what example of Baroka's corruption does Lakunle give?
(a) He tells about Baroka bribing a judge.
(b) He tells about Baroka seducing Lakunle's younger sister.
(c) He tells about Baroka getting the railroad rerouted.
(d) He tells about Baroka embezzling money meant for the school.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is Sidi?

3. Who is the hypothetical suitor that Sidi discusses with Baroka?

4. What is the second setting in the "Noon" section of the play?

5. What evidence does Sidi give that women are not the "weaker sex" (4)?

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