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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1, Scene 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Jane call the scene of splendor as Olunde gestures toward it during their argument?
(a) Beauty.
(b) Life.
(c) Therapy.
(d) Decadence.

2. What do the women of the market threaten to remove from Amusa if he refuses to leave?
(a) His hat.
(b) His coat.
(c) His pants.
(d) His knickers.

3. What is proof of the new bride's virginity?
(a) Velvet cloth.
(b) The bridal tent.
(c) White flowers.
(d) A ring.

4. Which word best describes how the orchestra in playing during the ball in Act 1, Scene 4, as stated in the text?
(a) Badly.
(b) Loud.
(c) Beautifully.
(d) Ornately.

5. What event is Pilkings excited about attending?
(a) A dance.
(b) A masque.
(c) An induction ceremony.
(d) A dinner party.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Elesin feel regarding Pilkings helping Olunde go to school?

2. Where does Pilkings instruct Amusa to lock Elesin up in Act 1, Scene 2?

3. What phrase do Elesin and the praise-singer use to describe the afterlife?

4. As stated by the praise-singer in the play, what does a man forget when he approaches a brand new bride?

5. Finish the quotation stated by Jane in Act 1, Scene 4. "The kind of person you feel should be a poet munching _____________ in Bloomsbury".

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