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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 important piece of information does Sadiku give Sidi as a reason to marry Baroka?
(a) Baroka has promised to divorce all of his other wives.
(b) Baroka will take her as a concubine if she does not agree to marry him.
(c) Baroka is willing to pay double the expected bride-price.
(d) Baroka has promised that Sidi will be his last wife.

2. What custom does Sadiku mention to tempt Sidi to marry Baroka?
(a) Younger siblings waiting to marry until older siblings marry.
(b) Prominent men having several wives.
(c) The new Bale inheriting the old Bale's wife.
(d) The gifts and money that her family will receive.

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

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

5. To what part of a lion does Sidi compare Baroka when she speaks with Sadiku?
(a) Its claws.
(b) Its hind-quarters.
(c) Its teeth.
(d) Its mane.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the author of The Lion and the Jewel?

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

3. What does Sidi fear will happen if she marries without following tradition?

4. What job does Baroka give to his favorite wife?

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

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