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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 is an example of how women are discriminated against.
(b) He says it is bad for her spine.
(c) He says it is the way men, not women, carry things.
(d) He says it makes her look like a beast of burden.

2. 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 think he has done great things for their village.
(d) They admire his education but think that he is corrupt.

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

4. 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 the ones who give birth.
(c) They are good in a crisis.
(d) They are able to rule their households without social power.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. What kind of shoes is Lakune wearing with his suit?

5. Who is the village schoolmaster?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Lakunle think of Baroka?

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 happens with Lakunle when Baroka interrupts the dance?

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

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

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

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

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

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