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

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

3. What does Sidi say a man has to do in order to marry her?
(a) Speak with her father.
(b) Pay her bride-price.
(c) Become a leader.
(d) Kill a lion.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does Sidi fear will happen if she marries without following tradition?

4. What are the village school children learning when the play opens?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Describe the setting in which the play opens.

5. What does Lakunle think of Baroka?

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

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

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

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

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

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