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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 does Lakunle think of the villagers?
(a) He thinks they are hard-working and clever.
(b) He thinks they are innocent and childlike.
(c) He thinks they are ignorant savages.
(d) He thinks they are lazy and cruel.

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

3. Who is the village schoolmaster?
(a) Lakunle.
(b) Baroka.
(c) Sadiku.
(d) Soyinka.

4. When Lakunle lists a large number of adjectives to describe their marriage customs, Sidi asks, "Is the bag empty? Why did you stop?" What literary technique is being used, here?
(a) Euphemism.
(b) Metaphor.
(c) Allegory.
(d) Personification.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the name of the village?

3. Who is Sidi?

4. What does Lakunle say is inappropriate about the way Sidi is dressed?

5. Who is Ogun?

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