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

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

3. Why does Sidi have Lakunle play the "lost Traveller" in their dance?
(a) Lakunle asks Sidi for the role because he is trying to get back on her good side.
(b) Lakunle is the best dancer in their village.
(c) She is pointing out that he is making himself an outsider.
(d) She feels bad for arguing with him earlier and wants to make it up to him.

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

5. Why is Baroka jealous of Sidi?
(a) Sidi appears more times in the magazine.
(b) Important people from Lagos want to meet Sidi.
(c) Lakunle believes that Sidi is smarter than Baroka.
(d) The villagers suggest that Sidi would make a better leader.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the name of the village?

3. What does Sidi say a man has to do in order to marry her?

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?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Describe the setting in which the play opens.

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

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

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

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

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

9. What does Lakunle think of Baroka?

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

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