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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 second setting in the "Noon" section of the play?
2. What job does Baroka give to his favorite wife?
3. What is happening onstage while Lakunle tells the story of Baroka's corruption?
4. What confession does Baroka make to Sadiku that he says he has told no one else?
5. Whom does Sidi credit with having taught her to value herself and think critically about her choices?
Short Essay Questions
1. When Sadiku conveys Sidi's refusal to Baroka, what is his first reaction, and what changes his feelings?
2. When Sidi says, "The stranger took my beauty/and placed it in my hands" (20), what claim is she making for the power of the photographs?
3. Describe Baroka's bedroom.
4. What evidence is there in "Noon" that there might be genuine affection between Baroka and Sadiku?
5. When Lakunle tells the story of Baroka's corruption, what conflicting emotions does he display?
6. What is Sidi's reasoning for turning down the proposal that Baroka sends to her through Sadiku?
7. When the scene in "Noon" shifts to Baroka's bedroom, what is his favorite wife doing, and how does she use this task to communicate her feelings?
8. Explain how Baroka diverted the railroad, and why.
9. What argument does Sadiku present to Sidi for marrying Baroka?
10. When, in the beginning of "Noon," Lakunle compares Sidi to women in the Bible, what message is he trying to send, and what is Sidi's response?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Choose one of the traditional Nigerian sayings from the play and do some research into its meaning. Write an essay in which you explain the meaning of the saying and then show how it relates not only to the action but to the meaning of the play. Be sure to offer textual support for your ideas and 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 analysis of Sidi's character. Is she as shallow as she seems, or is there some depth to her? Is she as simple-minded as Lakunle says that she is, or is she merely naive in some ways? How much does her age have to do with her thinking and her behavior? Be sure to support your claims with evidence from the text.
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