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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What genre does Aidoo's play fall into?
(a) Post colonialism.
(b) The victorian novel.
(c) Reconstruction.
(d) Colonialism.

3. Which of the following does not accurately describe Badua's character, as she is identified in the prologue?
(a) Understanding.
(b) Judgemental.
(c) Obediant.
(d) Stubborn.

4. Which character is at the center of the play?
(a) The old man and woman.
(b) Badua.
(c) Anowa.
(d) The land.

5. What does Aidoo use to help in the construction of the play's characters?
(a) African heritage.
(b) Historical elements.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Creation mythology.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many years are men asking for Anowa's hand in marriage, as stated in the prologue?

2. Which of the following is not said to be included in the play?

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

4. In what part of Africa does the "Anowa" take place?

5. Anowa's personality/attitude _________ her from those around her.

(see the answer key)

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