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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 2: "Noon".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When the play opens, who has Sidi promised to marry?
(a) Baroka.
(b) The photographer.
(c) Lakunle.
(d) The lost traveller.

2. What does Lakunle say that he wants a wife to be?
(a) Property.
(b) A servant.
(c) A partner.
(d) A leader.

3. What does Sidi say a man has to do in order to marry her?
(a) Speak with her father.
(b) Kill a lion.
(c) Pay her bride-price.
(d) Become a leader.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Lakunle object to Sidi carrying things on her head?

2. When Lakunle talks about machines that will someday help women with their work, what is Sidi's reply?

3. What is ironic about Sidi saying that Sadiku has a "honey tongue" (20)?

4. Whom does Sidi credit with having taught her to value herself and think critically about her choices?

5. Near the end of "Noon," why does Baroka start talking about winning a log-tossing match and hunting leopards?

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