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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Lakunle say is true about women's intelligence?
(a) They are men's intellectual equals.
(b) They are good at talking, but not good at math.
(c) They have smaller and less capable brains.
(d) They are better at strategy than men are.

2. Who plays the role of Baroka in the "dance of the lost Traveller"?
(a) Sidi.
(b) Soyinka.
(c) Sadiku.
(d) Baroka.

3. What "modern" custom does Lakunle try to force on Sidi?
(a) Holding hands.
(b) Shaking hands.
(c) Hugging.
(d) Kissing.

4. Which word could reasonably be used to describe Lakunle's way of talking?
(a) Respectful.
(b) Pessimistic.
(c) Cheerful.
(d) Condescending.

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

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

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

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

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

10. Why is Baroka jealous of Sidi?
(a) Important people from Lagos want to meet Sidi.
(b) Lakunle believes that Sidi is smarter than Baroka.
(c) The villagers suggest that Sidi would make a better leader.
(d) Sidi appears more times in the magazine.

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

12. What is the formal title of the village leader?
(a) Alakowe.
(b) Ilujinle.
(c) Bale.
(d) Baba.

13. 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) Euphemism.
(b) Personification.
(c) Metaphor.
(d) Allegory.

14. Where does the "lost Traveller" come from?
(a) England.
(b) A nearby village.
(c) Zimbabwe.
(d) Lagos.

15. How did Sidi meet the "lost Traveller"?
(a) He fell in the river trying to sneak a picture of Sidi bathing.
(b) His car broke down and he stopped Sidi to ask for help.
(c) He came to the village on assignment for his magazine and Sidi was pointed out as the "jewel" of the village.
(d) He passed out from drinking and Sidi is the one her found him.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Sidi?

2. Who is Ogun?

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

4. What evidence does Sidi give that women are not the "weaker sex" (4)?

5. What is the name of the village?

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