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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. By the end of Phase one, the old man believes that Anowa is destined for ________________.
(a) Motherhood.
(b) Marriage.
(c) Death.
(d) Greater things.

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

3. Which African form of oral literature is Aidoo's play passed down from?
(a) Akan.
(b) Atanda.
(c) Akin.
(d) The African affirmation tale.

4. What does Anowa have to do in order to become a high priestess?
(a) Fast.
(b) Spend time in solitude.
(c) Pray five times a day.
(d) Apprentice.

5. In the prologue, Aidoo explains this treaty that binds the people of Ghana to the white men.
(a) Bond of 1845.
(b) The Bond of the 1800s.
(c) Bond of 1844.
(d) 1844 Fanti.

6. According to the old woman, what does time do to children?
(a) Make them less obedient.
(b) They become more wise.
(c) They are more independent.
(d) Nothing, they remain the same.

7. As explained in the prologue, who sets up the tale of Anowa?
(a) The ghost of Anowa.
(b) Slave boys.
(c) Badua.
(d) Tribe elders.

8. What type of tale is this play based from?
(a) An African song.
(b) A Ghanian legend.
(c) A creation myth.
(d) A Ghanian love dance.

9. Which of the following is not said to be included in the play?
(a) Music.
(b) Familial values.
(c) Conventional relationships.
(d) Politics.

10. According to Kofi Ako's reputation with the village, he thinks himself to be __________.
(a) Very intelligent.
(b) A con artist.
(c) Too handsome.
(d) Destined for greatness.

11. What does Anowa pack up during Phase one?
(a) Money.
(b) Her belongings.
(c) Her clothes.
(d) Food.

12. Who does Anowa bring her chores to when they are completed?
(a) Her mother.
(b) The high priestess.
(c) Her father.
(d) Kofi Ako.

13. 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) Badua.
(d) Kofi Ako.

14. How does the other party react, when seeing the nature of the connection between Kofi Ako and Anowa in Phase one?
(a) The woman drops her tray.
(b) Osam yells loudly.
(c) Badua begins crying.
(d) The people ignore it.

15. Which word best describes Badua's feelings upon hearing Anowa's news in Phase one, as can be seen in the text?
(a) Joyous.
(b) Serious.
(c) Furious.
(d) Unhappy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of chorus do the old man and the old woman represent throughout the play, as stated in the prologue?

2. What does Badua say in response to Anowa insisting on helping Kofi Ako?

3. How many years pass since the treaty is signed with the Europeans, as Aidoo sets the play up?

4. How many different settings are there in Aidoo's play?

5. How many reasons are there for the villagers to be angry with Anowa, in regard to her marital choices?

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