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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. What phrase do Elesin and the praise-singer use to describe the afterlife?
(a) The underworld.
(b) Heaven.
(c) The other side.
(d) The other world.

2. What do the women of the market sing while Elesin begins to make the transition?
(a) They don't sing at all.
(b) A dirge.
(c) A wedding song.
(d) A hymn.

3. What type of device plays the music in the Pilkings' home in Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) Harpsicord.
(b) Piano.
(c) Gramophone.
(d) Radio.

4. What part of the body must touch the ground one final time before the transition is made?
(a) Head.
(b) Hands.
(c) Feet.
(d) Mouth.

5. What is the author's ethnic background?
(a) South American.
(b) Colombian.
(c) African.
(d) British.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which character acts as the voice of reason throughout the play?

2. For Olunde and the Yoruban people, seeing Elesin alive means that they are seeing the _____________ of the Yoruban world.

3. Olunde admires the self-sacrificial British soldiers of which war?

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

5. In which country did the original story take place?

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