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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Baroka jealous of Sidi?

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

3. What kind of shoes is Lakune wearing with his suit?

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

5. Who is the author of The Lion and the Jewel?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Lakunle think of Baroka?

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

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

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

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

8. Describe the setting in which the play opens.

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choose two symbolic objects from the play that have opposed meanings; write an essay that explains their significance and uses textual support to demonstrate why their meanings stand in contrast to one another.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay explaining how Soyinka uses both language and action to create comic effects in The Lion and the Jewel. Be sure to offer textual support for your claims.

Essay Topic 3

Lakunle proposes many changes to Yoruba society. Write an essay in which you take a position about his ideas and their role in the play. Which changes would probably promote the health and happiness of the villagers? Which just seem like changes for the sake of change? Does it seem to you that reformers like Lakunle will ever succeed in this village? Why or why not? Be sure to support your claims with textual evidence.

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