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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Prologue.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many generations of characters are presented in the prologue of the story?
(a) Four.
(b) Three.
(c) One.
(d) Two.

2. How does Aidoo select the time period to set the play?
(a) It is an important point in Ghanaian history.
(b) The date is used to mirror events in Britain.
(c) It is during her childhood.
(d) It is the time in which the legend is always set.

3. Which character in the story uses a system of projection/replacement as a way of making up for his/her shortcomings?
(a) Anowa.
(b) Osam.
(c) Kofi Ako.
(d) Badua.

4. According to Aidoo's explanation in the prologue, where do the white men come from?
(a) Beyond the horizon.
(b) Fantiland.
(c) The underground.
(d) France.

5. What is the one oddity in the village, as described in the prologue?
(a) Kofi Ako.
(b) The high priestess.
(c) Anowa.
(d) The weather.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which character in the story represents the antithesis of the ideal person, according to African tradition?

2. How many of these relationship couplings are presented within the play?

3. In what year does Aidoo write "Anowa"?

4. The grand theme of this play lies mainly in what?

5. Anowa represents a ____________ to the conventional ways of her village.

(see the answer key)

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