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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which part of the landscape, as described in the prologue, balances out the lands?
(a) A valley.
(b) A lake.
(c) A mountain.
(d) A river.

2. Who, in Phase one, makes the suggestion of Anowa becoming a high priestess?
(a) Kofi Ako.
(b) Anowa.
(c) Badua.
(d) Osam.

3. What does Anowa insist she helps Kofi Ako with?
(a) Making something of his life.
(b) Being a good husband.
(c) Leaving Yebi.
(d) Gaining wealth and success.

4. How many of these relationship couplings are presented within the play?
(a) Two.
(b) One.
(c) Four.
(d) Three.

5. What type of input do the people of Anowa's village have in regard to how their country is run politically?
(a) Much.
(b) None.
(c) A decent amount.
(d) Minimal.

6. Who asks Anowa to marry him in Phase one?
(a) Kofi Ako.
(b) No one.
(c) The old man.
(d) A young man from the village.

7. Which word best describes how the people of Anowa's village prefer to live?
(a) Wild.
(b) Religious.
(c) Balance.
(d) Chaos.

8. Anowa's personality/attitude _________ her from those around her.
(a) Draws.
(b) Alienates.
(c) Confuses.
(d) Entices.

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

10. Badua believes that Kofi Ako comes from what kind of family?
(a) A bad family.
(b) A family of thieves.
(c) A wealthy family.
(d) An honest family.

11. Which character in the play portrays the ideal woman figure in African culture?
(a) The girl slave.
(b) Anowa.
(c) None.
(d) Badua.

12. At what point in Phase one, do the Old Man and woman appear?
(a) They are constant throughout.
(b) Toward the beginning.
(c) They are not present in Phase one.
(d) Toward the end.

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

14. What is another name for the old man and the old woman?
(a) Being-The-Big-Hand-That-Feeds-You.
(b) Being-The-Big-Mouth-That-Eats-Salt.
(c) Being-The-Mouth-Of-The-Old-Man-And-Woman.
(d) Being-The-Big-Mouth-That-Eats-Salt-And-Pepper.

15. Badua is concerned for Anowa's __________.
(a) Happiness.
(b) Future.
(c) Career.
(d) Husband.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which word does Badua use to describe Kofi Ako in Phase one?

2. What does Anowa have to do in order to become a high priestess?

3. Which character is at the center of the play?

4. What else does Anowa's becoming a priestess bring to her family?

5. What word best describes the connection between Kofi Ako and Anowa, as seen toward the beginning of the play, according to the text?

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