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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which character does not speak at all during the play?
(a) Olunde.
(b) Joseph.
(c) Elesin's bride.
(d) Amusa.

2. In which color is the one who makes the transition dressed, as can be seen in the last scene of the play?
(a) Blue.
(b) Purple.
(c) Green.
(d) Red.

3. What is Amusa's character ruled by, as can be seen toward the middle of Act 1, Scene 3?
(a) Anger.
(b) Fear.
(c) Pain.
(d) Humiliation.

4. What will ride at the feet of the king's horse in the afterlife?
(a) The white man.
(b) Elesin.
(c) Cockerel.
(d) Dog.

5. Olunde does not _______________ Elesin when he sees him.
(a) Acknowledge.
(b) Hug.
(c) Mourn.
(d) Cry over.

6. Which character is NOT present in the last scene of the play?
(a) Amusa.
(b) Olunde.
(c) Pilkings.
(d) Aid-de-camp.

7. How long do pre-burial ceremonies last in the Yoruban world?
(a) 10 days.
(b) 2 weeks.
(c) 3 months.
(d) 30 days.

8. Who is the Residency's club secretary?
(a) Amusa.
(b) The Resident.
(c) Simon.
(d) Engleton.

9. How does Amusa react to the taunting women in the market in Act 1, Scene 3?
(a) He retreats.
(b) He becomes consumed in anger.
(c) He fights.
(d) He cries.

10. In addition to the Yoruban religion, there are several references made to this particular religion throughout the play.
(a) Mysticism.
(b) Judaism.
(c) Islam.
(d) Christianity.

11. What does Elesin seem fascinated with as he sits in his cell?
(a) His wife's face.
(b) The sun.
(c) The moon.
(d) Olunde.

12. Who do the women of the market mockingly claim built the road that runs through it in Act 1, Scene 3?
(a) Amusa's father.
(b) Amusa.
(c) Joseph's father.
(d) Pilkings.

13. Which type of musical instrument remains prominent throughout the play?
(a) Mbira.
(b) Drum.
(c) Piano.
(d) Bass.

14. What does Elesin's bride pour over his eyelids in the last scene of the play?
(a) Coal.
(b) Gold.
(c) Earth.
(d) Water.

15. For Olunde and the Yoruban people, seeing Elesin alive means that they are seeing the _____________ of the Yoruban world.
(a) Savior.
(b) King.
(c) Destroyer.
(d) Greatest miracle.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Olunde, what is the greatest art of the British?

2. What type of clothes does Amusa wear, as described by another character?

3. Pilkings believes that Elesin is upset by _____________.

4. This is mentioned throughout the text. It is a delicacy of crushed melon seeds.

5. What does Pilkings say Olunde is coming to get from Elesin before he leaves?

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