The Lion and the Jewel Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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The Lion and the Jewel Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 93 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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?
(a) Allegory.
(b) Euphemism.
(c) Personification.
(d) Metaphor.

3. When the play opens, who has Sidi promised to marry?
(a) The photographer.
(b) Baroka.
(c) The lost traveller.
(d) Lakunle.

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

5. Why does Sidi have Lakunle play the "lost Traveller" in their dance?
(a) Lakunle asks Sidi for the role because he is trying to get back on her good side.
(b) Lakunle is the best dancer in their village.
(c) She is pointing out that he is making himself an outsider.
(d) She feels bad for arguing with him earlier and wants to make it up to him.

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

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

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

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

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

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

12. Why is Baroka jealous of Sidi?
(a) Sidi appears more times in the magazine.
(b) The villagers suggest that Sidi would make a better leader.
(c) Important people from Lagos want to meet Sidi.
(d) Lakunle believes that Sidi is smarter than Baroka.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Lakunle think of the villagers?

3. Who plays the role of Baroka in the "dance of the lost Traveller"?

4. What does Lakunle say is inappropriate about the way Sidi is dressed?

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

(see the answer keys)

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