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

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

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Lakunle think of Baroka?

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

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

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

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

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

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. Describe the setting in which the play opens.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

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

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.

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