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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Why does Sidi have Lakunle play the "lost Traveller" in their dance?
2. Sidi has already changed the way she dresses for Lakunle. What does she say is the consequence of this change?
3. What does Lakunle think of the villagers?
4. What evidence does Sidi give that women are not the "weaker sex" (4)?
5. How did Sidi meet the "lost Traveller"?
Short Essay Questions
1. What happens with Lakunle when Baroka interrupts the dance?
2. What is the "dance of the lost Traveller," and who plays the Traveller?
3. How does Sidi feel about Lakunle's modern ideas?
4. What does Lakunle think of Baroka?
5. What are the qualities that Lakunle thinks of as "civilized"?
6. When the play opens, what is the understanding between Sidi and Lakunle regarding marriage?
7. What is the contradiction in Lakunle's view of women?
8. What response does Baroka have to the magazine featuring pictures of the village?
9. How did the "lost Traveller" come to be in the village?
10. Describe the setting in which the play opens.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Research the role of music and dance in Western theater. Then write a comparison and contrast essay in which you show how Soyinka's use of music and dance have both commonalities and differences with the tradition of music and dance in Western plays. Be sure to offer textual support for your ideas and cite your sources in MLA format.
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay in which you analyze the scene in The Lion and the Jewel in which Lakunle tells the story of how the railroad was diverted from the village. What happens in this scene, what symbolic elements does it have, and how does it function in the larger work? Be sure to offer textual support for your claims.
Essay Topic 3
Write an analysis of Sadiku's character. How does the viewer's understanding of her change from "Noon" to "Night"? Is she a good person in a difficult situation or just a terrible human being? Be sure to support your claims with evidence from the text.
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