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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 1: "Morning".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What evidence does Sidi give that women are not the "weaker sex" (4)?
(a) They are good in a crisis.
(b) They are the ones who give birth.
(c) They do a lot of hard physical labor.
(d) They are able to rule their households without social power.

2. When Lakunle lists a large number of adjectives to describe their marriage customs, Sidi asks, "Is the bag empty? Why did you stop?" What literary technique is being used, here?
(a) Personification.
(b) Allegory.
(c) Metaphor.
(d) Euphemism.

3. How do the villagers feel about Lakunle?
(a) They respect and fear him.
(b) They think he has done great things for their village.
(c) They admire his education but think that he is corrupt.
(d) They think he is strange and full of silly, pretentious ideas.

4. What is Sidi carrying in the opening of the play?
(a) A magazine.
(b) Water.
(c) Books.
(d) Rice.

5. Who is the village schoolmaster?
(a) Sadiku.
(b) Lakunle.
(c) Baroka.
(d) Soyinka.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Sidi fear will happen if she marries without following tradition?

3. Which word could reasonably be used to describe Lakunle's way of talking?

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

5. When the play opens, who has Sidi promised to marry?

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