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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 Ogun?

2. How did Sidi meet the "lost Traveller"?

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

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

5. What is the name of the village?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Lakunle think of Baroka?

5. Describe the setting in which the play opens.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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