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

2. Why does Lakunle object to Sidi carrying things on her head?
(a) He says it is the way men, not women, carry things.
(b) He says it is an example of how women are discriminated against.
(c) He says it makes her look like a beast of burden.
(d) He says it is bad for her spine.

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

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

5. What are the village school children learning when the play opens?
(a) English greetings.
(b) The times tables.
(c) The English alphabet.
(d) A Nigerian folktale.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Ogun?

2. What is Sidi carrying in the opening of the play?

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

4. Why is Baroka jealous of Sidi?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. Describe the setting in which the play opens.

8. What does Lakunle think of Baroka?

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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