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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What evidence does Sidi give that women are not the "weaker sex" (4)?
(a) They are the ones who give birth.
(b) They are able to rule their households without social power.
(c) They are good in a crisis.
(d) They do a lot of hard physical labor.

3. What does Sidi fear will happen if she marries without following tradition?
(a) She will lose the status that she has as a leader in her village.
(b) Her parents will disown her.
(c) She will end up with a worthless husband.
(d) People will gossip that she was not a virgin when she married.

4. When Lakunle talks about machines that will someday help women with their work, what is Sidi's reply?
(a) She says that he is lying and that these things do not exist.
(b) She says that she will move to Lagos, where she can use these machines.
(c) She says that he will turn their whole world upside down.
(d) She says that she will marry him if he can get her these machines.

5. 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 the way men, not women, carry things.
(c) He says it is bad for her spine.
(d) He says it is an example of how women are discriminated against.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Baroka jealous of Sidi?

2. What does Sidi suggest that Lakunle should do if he does not like the village?

3. What kind of shoes is Lakune wearing with his suit?

4. When the play opens, who has Sidi promised to marry?

5. What does Lakunle say is true about women's intelligence?

(see the answer key)

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