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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1, Scene 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At what type of school is Olunde studying?
(a) Engineering.
(b) Medical.
(c) Law.
(d) Education.

2. What does Pilkings believe Elesin's duty to be?
(a) Sinful.
(b) Dangerous.
(c) Suicide.
(d) Ritual murder.

3. "Death and the King's Horseman" is a story of ____________________ rather than British colonization.
(a) Human sacrifice.
(b) A cultural clash.
(c) Human weakness.
(d) The love of life.

4. What is Elesin doing when he realizes that his last day is almost over?
(a) Singing.
(b) Resting.
(c) Dancing.
(d) Feasting.

5. In Act 1, Scene 2, Jane discusses how calling holy water "nonsense" would offend whom?
(a) Elesin.
(b) A Roman Catholic.
(c) A Muslim.
(d) Amusa.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following actions is NOT being performed at the beginning of the play?

2. What is the object that distracts Elesin offstage in Act 1, Scene 1 of the play?

3. What does Joseph hear in Act 1, Scene 2 that confuses him?

4. What does Elesin claim is the center of his life?

5. How many deaths occur within the story?

(see the answer key)

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