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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. When Lakunle calls Sidi, "My Ruth, my Rachel, Esther, Bathsheba," (20), whom is he comparing Sidi to?
(a) The heroines of famous Western novels.
(b) Important women in the Bible.
(c) His own sisters.
(d) Famous Ethiopian actresses.

2. What news does Sadiku bring to Sidi in the opening of "Noon"?
(a) A man in Lagos wishes to marry her.
(b) Baroka wishes to marry her.
(c) The photographer wants more pictures of her.
(d) She has been offered a job in Lagos.

3. Why does Sidi not want to spend any time alone with Baroka?
(a) She is worried about his reputation for violence.
(b) She has heard that he is extremely corrupt.
(c) She finds him too disgusting to be alone with him.
(d) She is worried that he will compromise her honor.

4. In the opening of "Noon," to what does Sidi compare Lakunle?
(a) A lion.
(b) A book.
(c) A eunuch.
(d) A schoolboy.

5. What additional request does Sadiku make of Sidi, after Sidi turns down Baroka's proposal?
(a) She asks Sidi to at least think about it overnight.
(b) She asks Sidi not to tell anyone about Baroka's proposal.
(c) She asks Sidi to come to dinner at Baroka's house.
(d) She asks Sidi to come to Baroka's house to tell him her answer in person.

Short Answer Questions

1. Besides her own beauty, what does Sidi point out to Sadiku about the photographs?

2. What is the setting for the opening of "Noon"?

3. What is ironic about Sidi saying that Sadiku has a "honey tongue" (20)?

4. What is the second setting in the "Noon" section of the play?

5. What custom does Sadiku mention to tempt Sidi to marry Baroka?

Short Essay Questions

1. When Sidi says, "The stranger took my beauty/and placed it in my hands" (20), what claim is she making for the power of the photographs?

2. When Lakunle tells the story of Baroka's corruption, what conflicting emotions does he display?

3. When the scene in "Noon" shifts to Baroka's bedroom, what is his favorite wife doing, and how does she use this task to communicate her feelings?

4. Describe Baroka's bedroom.

5. What argument does Sadiku present to Sidi for marrying Baroka?

6. When Sadiku conveys Sidi's refusal to Baroka, what is his first reaction, and what changes his feelings?

7. When, in the beginning of "Noon," Lakunle compares Sidi to women in the Bible, what message is he trying to send, and what is Sidi's response?

8. Explain how Baroka diverted the railroad, and why.

9. What evidence is there in "Noon" that there might be genuine affection between Baroka and Sadiku?

10. What is Sidi's reasoning for turning down the proposal that Baroka sends to her through Sadiku?

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