Post-Colonial Literature
Wole
Soyinka : The
Lion and the Jewel
UNIT-
3
101. What is the nationality of
Wole Soyinka?
a. American b. Nigerian c. Dutch d. British
102. Wole Soyinka won the Nobel
Prize for Literature in_________.
a. 1986 b. 1976 c. 1956
d. 1996
103. Which of the following
plays is not written by Wole Soyinka?
a. The Lion and the Jewel b. The Dance of
the Forests
c. Master Harold and the Boys d. Kongi’s Harvest
104.
In which year was The Lion and the Jewel published?
a.1963 b.1953 c.1983
d. 1962
105. Which tradition is evident in The Lion and the Jewel?
a. Bantu b.Zulu
c. Dinka d. Yoruba
106. The Lion and the Jewel is divided into _______ episodes.
a.4 b. 2
c. 3 d. 5
107. The story of The Lion and the
Jewel occurs in _________ day(s).
a. 3 b.4 c.5 d.
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108. The locale of the play The Lion
and the Jewel is __________.
a. Ndotsheni b. Lokossa c. Kandi
d. Ilujinle
109. What is Lakunle teaching to his pupils?
a. physics b. tables
c. chemistry d. decimals
110. Which character is considered as the lion in The Lion and the Jewel?
a. Baroka b.
Lakunle c. Sidi d.Sadiku
111. Which character is considered as the jewel in The Lion and the Jewel?
a. Baroka b. Lakunle c.
Sidi d.Sadiku
112. Who was the ‘stranger’ in The Lion and the Jewel?
a. Baroka b. Lakunle c. the white traveller d. Ailatu
113. Lakunle wanted to marry ______________ .
a. Sadiku
b. Sidi c. Ailatu d.Okiki
114. What did Lakunle describe as a savage custom?
a. melting
pot b. respecting elders c. bride-price d. eating kola nuts
115. The traveller took the photographs of _______________.
a. Lakunle b. Okiki c. Sidi d.Sadiku
116. The play takes place in an African
village built around a large ________
tree.
a.neem b. odan c. acacia d.Akume
117. The Odan tree is meant to
represent ________________
a. victory b.
rebirth c. traditional
authority d. death
118. Who was Baroka’s father?
a. Okiki b. Obimafo c. Sango
d. Balelo
119. Why did Lakunle ask Sidi not to
carry the pot on her head?
a. affect Lakunle’s love b. manly c. ugly d. bad for the spine
120. How did the people of Ilujinle
call Lakunle?
a. gentleman b. mad man c. friend
d. wrestler
121. Baroka proposed to print Sidi’s
picture ___________.
a. in a magazine b. on a
stamp c. in a newspaper d. in a Textbook
122. Why were Baroka’s servants absent
when Sidi visited his palace?
a. Feast Day b.
festival c. weekly holiday d. Boycotted
123. In the mime, what role did Lakunle
play?
a. teacher b. photographer c. doctor
d. drunkard
124.
Who was the Bale of Ilujinle?
a. Baroka b. Lakunle c.Sidi
d. Sadiku
125. Who was the Belle of Ilujinle?
a. Sadiku b. Sidi c. Ailatu d.Okiki
126. In the play within the play, who
played the role of the stranger?
a.Baroka b.Lakunle c.Sidi
d.Sadiku
127. What was the name of the senior
wife of Baroka?
a. Sadiku b. Sidi
c. Ailatu d. Gertrude
128.
Every woman who had supper with Baroka ends up being a_______.
a. servant b. friend c. daughter d. wife
129.
Who has been entrusted with the task of getting Sidi as Baroka’s wife?
a. Gertrude b. Sidi
c. Ailatu d. Sadiku
130. Who said that ‘women have a
smaller brain than men’?
a.Baroka b.Lakunle c.Sidi
d.Sadiku
131. What is meant by ‘one-eyed box’?
a.
television b. radio c. camera d. doll
132. Who rode on ‘the devil’s own horse’?
a. Baroka b. Lakunle c. The stranger d. Sadiku
133. Where did Baroka’s image find in
the book?
a. cover page b. center
page c. last page d.corner
134. Who is called ‘the twinkle of a
jewel’?
a. Gertrude b. Sidi
c. Ailatu d. Sadiku
135. Who is seen at the end of the episode ‘Morning’?
a. Baroka b. Lakunle c. The stranger d. Sadiku
136. Who is the first African writer to win the Noble Prize
for Literature?
a. Nadine
Gordimer b.Wole Soyinka c. Gabriel Okara d.Chinua Achebe
137 Sidisays, “I am young and brimming;
he is spent” It is about ___________.
a. Baroka’s poverty b. Baroka’s old age c. Baroka’s appearance d. Baroka’s
loss of virility
138. ____________is a familiar and older tradition in African society.
a. polygamy b
monogamy c. widowhood d. Rakhi custom
139. “My love is selfless – the love of
spirit, Not of flesh” Who said to whom?
a. Baroka to Sidi b. Baroka to
Sadiku c. Lakunle to Sidi d. Lakunle to Sadiku
140. Who would not keep secrets with
her according to Baroka?
a. Sidi b. Lakunle c.Sadiku d. Ailatu
141. What are the changes Lakunle
envisages for Ilujinle?
a. No Bride price b.
Monogamy c. modern amenities d. all the three
142. Why did Sadiku ask Sidi to join
the victory dance?
a. madness b. No Bride-price c. death of Okiki d. Baroka – no longer a man
143. What did Sidi demand from Lakunle
to marry her?
a. romance b. Bride-price c. western dresses d. the one-eyed box
144. What did Sadiku suggest Lakunle to
pay the Bride- price?
a. get the money from Baroka b. Take a farm for a season c. kill
Baroka d. sell his farm
145. How many men are engaged in
wrestling at Baroka’s palace?
a. Four b. six c. two d. ten
146. What does ‘a savage custom,
barbaric, out-dated rejected…..’ refer to?
a. traditional customs b.
traditional religion c. carrying of
pots d. paying of bride-price
147. Who was Baroka’s father?
a. Okiki b. Obimafo
c. Sango d. Balelo
148. Who is the supreme God of all in
Yoruba society?
a. Shango b. Olodumure c.Tunde
d.Ogun
149. How did Baroka prevent the laying
of the railroad?
a. frightened the prisoners b. bribed the
surveyor
c. sat on the track d. (a) & (b) are correct
150 .Sidi
went to Baroka’s palace because _____________.
a. She wanted to kill him b.
She wanted to taunt him
c. She was in love with him. d.
She wanted to dance him.
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