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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. Who is Sidi?

2. What does Sidi suggest that Lakunle should do if he does not like the village?

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

4. Who plays the role of Baroka in the "dance of the lost Traveller"?

5. What is Sidi carrying in the opening of the play?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Describe the setting in which the play opens.

4. What does Lakunle think of Baroka?

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choose a time in the history of your own country in which the forces of modernization struggled with the forces of tradition over a specific social or technological change. Write about this change, explain the arguments on both sides, and explain how the struggle was similar to and different from the struggle in The Lion and the Jewel. Be sure to cite your sources in MLA format.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Write an essay in which you analyze the scene in The Lion and the Jewel in which Lakunle tells the story of how the railroad was diverted from the village. What happens in this scene, what symbolic elements does it have, and how does it function in the larger work? Be sure to offer textual support for your claims.

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