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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 3: "Night".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Lakunle hears Baroka's plans for Sidi, what does he say about Baroka?
(a) He is jealous.
(b) He is corrupt.
(c) He is generous.
(d) He is greedy.

2. Why does Baroka claim there are no servants in the palace when Sidi arrives?
(a) It is the day off required under their union agreement.
(b) They have all run off.
(c) He sent them away so that he could be alone with Sidi.
(d) They have gone to the evening market.

3. While Baroka is angrily defending himself from the rumors about the pepper and ground corn, what is Sidi doing?
(a) Laughing at him.
(b) Singing and dancing.
(c) Looking around his room at the hunting trophies.
(d) Listening skeptically.

4. Who is the author of The Lion and the Jewel?
(a) Soyinka.
(b) Lakunle.
(c) Baroka.
(d) Sadiku.

5. What does Sidi suggest that Lakunle should do if he does not like the village?
(a) Work to change it.
(b) Suffer in silence.
(c) Learn to see it in a new way.
(d) Move.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Sidi mentions that Baroka has not fathered any children for the past two years, what does Baroka say he suspects?

2. How did Sidi meet the "lost Traveller"?

3. In the beginning of "Night," when Sadiku addresses Baroka even though he is not present, what literary device is being employed?

4. What does Sidi say a man has to do in order to marry her?

5. When Sidi says that Sadiku has a "honey tongue," (20), what literary technique is being used?

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