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

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

4. Who is Sidi?

5. What does Lakunle think of the villagers?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What does Lakunle think of Baroka?

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

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

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

10. Describe the setting in which the play opens.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay explaining how Soyinka uses both language and action to create comic effects in The Lion and the Jewel. Be sure to offer textual support for your claims.

Essay Topic 2

To what extent is The Lion and the Jewel a play about the consequences of colonialism? Write an essay in which you trace the impacts of colonialism on the characters and events in this play and come to a conclusion about the significance of colonialism to the play's overall meaning. Be sure to offer textual support for your ideas--and if you use outside sources, cite them in MLA format.

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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