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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. 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 admire his education but think that he is corrupt.
(d) They respect and fear him.

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

7. What does Sidi fear will happen if she marries without following tradition?
(a) She will end up with a worthless husband.
(b) She will lose the status that she has as a leader in her village.
(c) People will gossip that she was not a virgin when she married.
(d) Her parents will disown her.

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

9. 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) Metaphor.
(c) Euphemism.
(d) Personification.

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

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

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

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

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

15. When Lakunle talks about machines that will someday help women with their work, what is Sidi's reply?
(a) She says that she will move to Lagos, where she can use these machines.
(b) She says that he will turn their whole world upside down.
(c) She says that she will marry him if he can get her these machines.
(d) She says that he is lying and that these things do not exist.

Short Answer Questions

1. What evidence does Sidi give that women are not the "weaker sex" (4)?

2. What kind of shoes is Lakune wearing with his suit?

3. What does Lakunle think of the villagers?

4. Who is Ogun?

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

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