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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What job does Baroka give to his favorite wife?
(a) Carrying messages for him.
(b) Pulling his underarm hairs.
(c) Rubbing his feet.
(d) Serving him at dinner.

2. Who is Sadiku?
(a) Sidi's mother.
(b) One of Baroka's concubines.
(c) Baroka's senior wife.
(d) Baroka's favorite wife.

3. Besides her own beauty, what does Sidi point out to Sadiku about the photographs?
(a) Baroka is old and unattractive.
(b) They will earn her a husband from Lagos.
(c) The village is small and poor.
(d) Lakunle is the most handsome man in the village.

4. When Sidi says that Sadiku has a "honey tongue," (20), what literary technique is being used?
(a) Synechdoche.
(b) Personification.
(c) Allegory.
(d) Metonymy.

5. To what part of a lion does Sidi compare Baroka when she speaks with Sadiku?
(a) Its claws.
(b) Its mane.
(c) Its teeth.
(d) Its hind-quarters.

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

7. Whom does Baroka call "the queen of them all" (31)?
(a) Sadiku.
(b) Sidi.
(c) The Favorite.
(d) Ailatu.

8. What news does Sadiku bring to Sidi in the opening of "Noon"?
(a) She has been offered a job in Lagos.
(b) Baroka wishes to marry her.
(c) A man in Lagos wishes to marry her.
(d) The photographer wants more pictures of her.

9. Near the end of "Noon," why does Baroka start talking about winning a log-tossing match and hunting leopards?
(a) Sadiku is teasing him about getting older.
(b) He is anxious to prove that he is still masculine and powerful.
(c) He is trying to impress Sadiku, because he is afraid that she does not love him.
(d) Sadiku has asked him what she can tell Sidi to persuade Sidi to marry him.

10. While Sadiku tickles and rubs his feet, what does Baroka do?
(a) Asks her opinion about his marriage to Sidi.
(b) Tells her what a terrible job his newest wife is doing.
(c) Looks at his picture in the magazine.
(d) Reminds her of how young they were when they got married.

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

12. What is ironic about Sidi saying that Sadiku has a "honey tongue" (20)?
(a) Sadiku is one of the few characters whose speech is not broken into poetic lines.
(b) Sadiku's speech is densely packed with double-meanings and metaphors.
(c) Sadiku is obviously lying to Sidi.
(d) Sadiku is the only character who actually cares about Sidi.

13. What additional request does Sadiku make of Sidi, after Sidi turns down Baroka's proposal?
(a) She asks Sidi to come to dinner at Baroka's house.
(b) She asks Sidi to come to Baroka's house to tell him her answer in person.
(c) She asks Sidi to at least think about it overnight.
(d) She asks Sidi not to tell anyone about Baroka's proposal.

14. What is happening onstage while Lakunle tells the story of Baroka's corruption?
(a) Baroka is hiding behind a market stall, listening.
(b) Actors recreate a pantomimed version of his story.
(c) The man from Lagos has reappeared.
(d) Schoolboys hang out the window of the school, mocking Lakunle.

15. When Lakunle hears Baroka's plans for Sidi, what does he say about Baroka?
(a) He is generous.
(b) He is corrupt.
(c) He is greedy.
(d) He is jealous.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the second setting in the "Noon" section of the play?

2. Near the end of "Noon," what does Sadiku say that angers Baroka?

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

4. When Lakunle calls Sidi, "My Ruth, my Rachel, Esther, Bathsheba," (20), whom is he comparing Sidi to?

5. Why does Sidi not want to spend any time alone with Baroka?

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