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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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 are good at talking, but not good at math.
(d) They have smaller and less capable brains.

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

4. What does Lakunle think of the villagers?
(a) He thinks they are innocent and childlike.
(b) He thinks they are hard-working and clever.
(c) He thinks they are ignorant savages.
(d) He thinks they are lazy and cruel.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Lakunle object to Sidi carrying things on her head?

2. Where does the "lost Traveller" come from?

3. What is the formal title of the village leader?

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

5. How did Sidi meet the "lost Traveller"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Lakunle think of Baroka?

2. What happens with Lakunle when Baroka interrupts the dance?

3. How did the "lost Traveller" come to be in the village?

4. What are the qualities that Lakunle thinks of as "civilized"?

5. What response does Baroka have to the magazine featuring pictures of the village?

6. When the play opens, what is the understanding between Sidi and Lakunle regarding marriage?

7. What is the "dance of the lost Traveller," and who plays the Traveller?

8. How does Sidi feel about Lakunle's modern ideas?

9. What is the contradiction in Lakunle's view of women?

10. Describe the setting in which the play opens.

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