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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1, Scene 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many deaths occur within the story?
(a) 2.
(b) 1.
(c) None.
(d) 3.

2. What does Elesin claim is the center of his life?
(a) His new wife.
(b) Olunde.
(c) The market.
(d) The palace.

3. To whom is Elesin's new bride betrothed?
(a) Olunde.
(b) Iyaloja's son.
(c) Elesin.
(d) Iyaloja's brother.

4. Jane influences Pilkings through ____________.
(a) Flattery.
(b) Intuition.
(c) Instruction.
(d) Fear.

5. What drives the action in the Yoruban world?
(a) Music.
(b) The gods.
(c) The king.
(d) Elesin Oba.

Short Answer Questions

1. During what major event did Soyinka decide to set her play around?

2. Olunde does not _______________ Elesin when he sees him.

3. What does Elesin claim his response will NOT be when death comes for him?

4. In the author's note, Soyinka states that Elesin Oba is the _____________ in the eyes of the Yoruban people.

5. What is a masque, as stated within the text?

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