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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of school does Lakunle wish the village had?
(a) Ballroom dancing.
(b) Vocational.
(c) Visual arts.
(d) Foreign languages.

2. Why does Lakunle object to Sidi carrying things on her head?
(a) He says it is the way men, not women, carry things.
(b) He says it is bad for her spine.
(c) He says it is an example of how women are discriminated against.
(d) He says it makes her look like a beast of burden.

3. In the end of the play, whom does Sidi marry?
(a) No one--she decides to stay single.
(b) Baroka.
(c) The man from Lagos.
(d) Lakunle.

4. What is the name of the village?
(a) Alakowe..
(b) Ilujinle.
(c) Bale.
(d) Baba.

5. When Lakunle calls Sidi, "My Ruth, my Rachel, Esther, Bathsheba," (20), whom is he comparing Sidi to?
(a) Famous Ethiopian actresses.
(b) Important women in the Bible.
(c) The heroines of famous Western novels.
(d) His own sisters.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Sidi enters Baroka's house, what is Baroka doing?

2. What does Lakunle imply is usually responsible for women's strange behavior?

3. What "modern" custom does Lakunle try to force on Sidi?

4. What does Sadiku say will happen to Lakunle if he stays for the women's ritual?

5. What are the village school children learning when the play opens?

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