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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 Sidi?

2. Who plays the role of Baroka in the "dance of the lost Traveller"?

3. What kind of shoes is Lakune wearing with his suit?

4. What does Sidi say a man has to do in order to marry her?

5. Why does Lakunle object to Sidi carrying things on her head?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Lakunle think of Baroka?

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

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

4. Describe the setting in which the play opens.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 one of the traditional Nigerian sayings from the play and do some research into its meaning. Write an essay in which you explain the meaning of the saying and then show how it relates not only to the action but to the meaning of the play. Be sure to offer textual support for your ideas and cite your sources in MLA format.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay in which you make a claim about what The Lion and the Jewel is saying about loyalty and betrayal. Which characters are loyal, and what are they loyal to? In what ways do the characters betray others and themselves? Use textual support to provide evidence for your claims.

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