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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. What is the formal title of the village leader?

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

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

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

5. What does Lakunle think of the villagers?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Describe the setting in which the play opens.

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

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

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 does Lakunle think of Baroka?

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

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

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

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

Write an essay in which you examine what The Lion and the Jewel is saying about the responsibilities of those in positions of authority. Who shows responsibility, and who fails to take responsibility seriously enough? What are the consequences? Be sure to offer textual support for your claims.

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