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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the opening of "Noon," to what does Sidi compare Lakunle?
(a) A lion.
(b) A schoolboy.
(c) A book.
(d) A eunuch.

2. What does Lakunle think of the villagers?
(a) He thinks they are ignorant savages.
(b) He thinks they are hard-working and clever.
(c) He thinks they are innocent and childlike.
(d) He thinks they are lazy and cruel.

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

4. Near the end of "Noon," what does Sadiku say that angers Baroka?
(a) Sadiku does not trust the Favorite to take care of him.
(b) Sidi thinks he is too old.
(c) Sadiku does not want him to take another wife.
(d) Sidi will not marry him.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In "Noon," what example of Baroka's corruption does Lakunle give?

3. In the opening of "Noon," what is Sidi doing while Sadiku tries to talk to her?

4. Which word could reasonably be used to describe Lakunle's way of talking?

5. Why does Sidi have Lakunle play the "lost Traveller" in their dance?

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