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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. What does Lakunle say is inappropriate about the way Sidi is dressed?

2. What is the name of the village?

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

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

5. What does Sidi fear will happen if she marries without following tradition?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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. Describe the setting in which the play opens.

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

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

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

9. What does Lakunle think of Baroka?

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

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

Choose two symbolic objects from the play that have opposed meanings; write an essay that explains their significance and uses textual support to demonstrate why their meanings stand in contrast to one another.

Essay Topic 3

Lakunle proposes many changes to Yoruba society. Write an essay in which you take a position about his ideas and their role in the play. Which changes would probably promote the health and happiness of the villagers? Which just seem like changes for the sake of change? Does it seem to you that reformers like Lakunle will ever succeed in this village? Why or why not? Be sure to support your claims with textual evidence.

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