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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Lakunle calls Sidi, "My Ruth, my Rachel, Esther, Bathsheba," (20), whom is he comparing Sidi to?
(a) His own sisters.
(b) The heroines of famous Western novels.
(c) Famous Ethiopian actresses.
(d) Important women in the Bible.

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

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) Lakunle and the stranger from Lagos.
(d) The stranger from Lagos and her father.

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

5. Whom does Baroka call "the queen of them all" (31)?
(a) The Favorite.
(b) Sadiku.
(c) Ailatu.
(d) Sidi.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does Lakunle object to Sidi carrying things on her head?

3. 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?

4. Sidi has already changed the way she dresses for Lakunle. What does she say is the consequence of this change?

5. When Lakunle hears Baroka's plans for Sidi, what does he say about Baroka?

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