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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. Who is the village schoolmaster?

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

3. How do the villagers feel about Lakunle?

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

5. Why is Baroka jealous of Sidi?

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. Describe the setting in which the play opens.

4. What does Lakunle think of Baroka?

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an analysis of Sidi's character. Is she as shallow as she seems, or is there some depth to her? Is she as simple-minded as Lakunle says that she is, or is she merely naive in some ways? How much does her age have to do with her thinking and her behavior? Be sure to support your claims with evidence from the text.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay in which you make a claim about what The Lion and the Jewel is saying about hypocrisy. When do characters say one thing and do another, or violate their own morals? Does this have consequences? Use textual support to provide evidence for your claims.

Essay Topic 3

Choose a time in the history of your own country in which the forces of modernization struggled with the forces of tradition over a specific social or technological change. Write about this change, explain the arguments on both sides, and explain how the struggle was similar to and different from the struggle in The Lion and the Jewel. Be sure to cite your sources in MLA format.

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