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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 2: "Noon".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Lakunle say that he wants a wife to be?
(a) Property.
(b) A leader.
(c) A servant.
(d) A partner.

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

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

4. What confession does Baroka make to Sadiku that he says he has told no one else?
(a) He does not actually love Sidi.
(b) He is ready to step down as Bale.
(c) He regrets his most recent marriage.
(d) He is afraid he is becoming impotent.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the village?

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

5. Besides her own beauty, what does Sidi point out to Sadiku about the photographs?

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