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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Who is Ogun?
(a) The leader of a nearby village.
(b) The mayor of Lagos.
(c) The "lost Traveller."
(d) A Yoruba god.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is Sidi?

3. Who is the village schoolmaster?

4. Why does Sidi have Lakunle play the "lost Traveller" in their dance?

5. Sidi has already changed the way she dresses for Lakunle. What does she say is the consequence of this change?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Lakunle think of Baroka?

2. When the play opens, what is the understanding between Sidi and Lakunle regarding marriage?

3. How did the "lost Traveller" come to be in the village?

4. What happens with Lakunle when Baroka interrupts the dance?

5. What is the "dance of the lost Traveller," and who plays the Traveller?

6. What is the contradiction in Lakunle's view of women?

7. What are the qualities that Lakunle thinks of as "civilized"?

8. What response does Baroka have to the magazine featuring pictures of the village?

9. Describe the setting in which the play opens.

10. How does Sidi feel about Lakunle's modern ideas?

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