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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which word could reasonably be used to describe Lakunle's way of talking?
(a) Respectful.
(b) Cheerful.
(c) Condescending.
(d) Pessimistic.

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

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

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

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

6. 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 bad for her spine.
(c) He says it is the way men, not women, carry things.
(d) He says it is an example of how women are discriminated against.

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

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

9. What does Lakunle say is inappropriate about the way Sidi is dressed?
(a) It is immodest.
(b) It is too masculine.
(c) It is eccentric.
(d) It is old-fashioned.

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

11. 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) Her clothes make her sad, now.
(c) She can hardly breathe.
(d) She has trouble getting her work done.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Who is Sidi?

4. When Lakunle talks about machines that will someday help women with their work, what is Sidi's reply?

5. What does Sidi suggest that Lakunle should do if he does not like the village?

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