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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Sidi has already changed the way she dresses for Lakunle. What does she say is the consequence of this change?
(a) She can hardly breathe.
(b) The other villagers make fun of her.
(c) She has trouble getting her work done.
(d) Her clothes make her sad, now.

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 an example of how women are discriminated against.
(c) He says it is bad for her spine.
(d) He says it makes her look like a beast of burden.

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

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

5. What does Lakunle think of the villagers?
(a) He thinks they are innocent and childlike.
(b) He thinks they are hard-working and clever.
(c) He thinks they are ignorant savages.
(d) He thinks they are lazy and cruel.

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

7. Why does Sidi have Lakunle play the "lost Traveller" in their dance?
(a) Lakunle asks Sidi for the role because he is trying to get back on her good side.
(b) Lakunle is the best dancer in their village.
(c) She feels bad for arguing with him earlier and wants to make it up to him.
(d) She is pointing out that he is making himself an outsider.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

15. When Lakunle talks about machines that will someday help women with their work, what is Sidi's reply?
(a) She says that he will turn their whole world upside down.
(b) She says that she will marry him if he can get her these machines.
(c) She says that he is lying and that these things do not exist.
(d) She says that she will move to Lagos, where she can use these machines.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Sidi?

2. Who is Ogun?

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

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

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

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