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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Sidi has already changed the way she dresses for Lakunle. What does she say is the consequence of this change?
(a) The other villagers make fun of her.
(b) She can hardly breathe.
(c) Her clothes make her sad, now.
(d) She has trouble getting her work done.

2. Who is the village schoolmaster?
(a) Sadiku.
(b) Lakunle.
(c) Soyinka.
(d) Baroka.

3. What "modern" custom does Lakunle try to force on Sidi?
(a) Kissing.
(b) Hugging.
(c) Holding hands.
(d) Shaking hands.

4. Where does the "lost Traveller" come from?
(a) Lagos.
(b) A nearby village.
(c) England.
(d) Zimbabwe.

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

6. What is Sidi carrying in the opening of the play?
(a) Rice.
(b) Water.
(c) A magazine.
(d) Books.

7. What does Sidi suggest that Lakunle should do if he does not like the village?
(a) Learn to see it in a new way.
(b) Work to change it.
(c) Suffer in silence.
(d) Move.

8. What does Sidi say a man has to do in order to marry her?
(a) Become a leader.
(b) Speak with her father.
(c) Kill a lion.
(d) Pay her bride-price.

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

10. Who is Ogun?
(a) The mayor of Lagos.
(b) A Yoruba god.
(c) The leader of a nearby village.
(d) The "lost Traveller."

11. What is the name of the village?
(a) Ilujinle.
(b) Bale.
(c) Baba.
(d) Alakowe..

12. What kind of shoes is Lakune wearing with his suit?
(a) White sneakers.
(b) Army boots.
(c) Platform shoes.
(d) Formal black shoes.

13. How did Sidi meet the "lost Traveller"?
(a) His car broke down and he stopped Sidi to ask for help.
(b) He passed out from drinking and Sidi is the one her found him.
(c) He fell in the river trying to sneak a picture of Sidi bathing.
(d) He came to the village on assignment for his magazine and Sidi was pointed out as the "jewel" of the village.

14. Why does Lakunle object to Sidi carrying things on her head?
(a) He says it is bad for her spine.
(b) He says it is an example of how women are discriminated against.
(c) He says it is the way men, not women, carry things.
(d) He says it makes her look like a beast of burden.

15. Who is Sidi?
(a) The favorite wife of the village leader.
(b) The best friend of the "jewel" of the village.
(c) The senior wife of the village leader.
(d) The "jewel" of the village.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

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

5. 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?

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