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

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

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

4. What is Sidi carrying in the opening of the play?
(a) Books.
(b) A magazine.
(c) Rice.
(d) Water.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lakunle say is true about women's intelligence?

2. Who is the author of The Lion and the Jewel?

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

4. What "modern" custom does Lakunle try to force on Sidi?

5. Sidi has already changed the way she dresses for Lakunle. What does she say is the consequence of this change?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe the setting in which the play opens.

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

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

5. What does Lakunle think of Baroka?

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

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

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

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

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

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