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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the author of The Lion and the Jewel?
(a) Baroka.
(b) Sadiku.
(c) Lakunle.
(d) Soyinka.

2. What does Lakunle say is inappropriate about the way Sidi is dressed?
(a) It is old-fashioned.
(b) It is immodest.
(c) It is too masculine.
(d) It is eccentric.

3. 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.

4. What is the second setting in the "Noon" section of the play?
(a) Baroka's bedroom.
(b) Sidi's home.
(c) The schoolhouse.
(d) Baroka's dining room.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When Lakunle talks about machines that will someday help women with their work, what is Sidi's reply?

2. When Lakunle calls Sidi, "My Ruth, my Rachel, Esther, Bathsheba," (20), whom is he comparing Sidi to?

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

4. What does Sidi say a man has to do in order to marry her?

5. What is Sadiku's response to Sidi's refusal of Baroka's proposal?

(see the answer key)

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