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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 village schoolmaster?
(a) Sadiku.
(b) Lakunle.
(c) Baroka.
(d) Soyinka.

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

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

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

5. What does Lakunle say is true about women's intelligence?
(a) They are better at strategy than men are.
(b) They are good at talking, but not good at math.
(c) They have smaller and less capable brains.
(d) They are men's intellectual equals.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does Baroka call "the queen of them all" (31)?

2. What news does Sadiku bring to Sidi in the opening of "Noon"?

3. While Lakunle is telling his story about Baroka's corruption, what does Sidi do?

4. What does Lakunle think of the villagers?

5. What is ironic about Sidi saying that Sadiku has a "honey tongue" (20)?

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