Wole Soyinka Quiz

What is Wole Soyinka's full name?

• Oluwole Akinwande Soyinka

• Olusegun Akinwande Soyinka

• Olumide Akinwande Soyinka

• Oladipo Akinwande Soyinka

Which play marked the beginning of Soyinka's playwriting career?

• The Lion and the Jewel

• The Swamp Dwellers

• Trials of Brother Jero

• Kongi's Harvest

What was the title of the play produced by New York's Negro Ensemble Company in 1967?

• The Bacchae

• Kongi's Harvest

• The Strong Breed

• Trials of Brother Jero

In which year did Wole Soyinka become a professor of English at the University of Ife?

• 1970

• 1975

• 1976

• 1980

What is the title of Soyinka's well-known play written in 1976?

• Death and the King's Horseman

• Memories of a Nigerian Childhood

• The Open Sore of a Continent

• The Lion and the Jewel

What award did Soyinka receive in 2014?

• International Humanist Award

• Nobel Peace Prize

• Pulitzer Prize

• Booker Prize

What was Soyinka charged with by the military dictatorship in Nigeria?

• Treason

• Fraud

• Espionage

• Corruption

What did Soyinka protest against in 2007?

• Corrupt election

• Environmental issues

• Economic policies

• Healthcare reforms

Which of Soyinka's works won him the Nobel Prize in Literature?

• The Man Died

• Season of Anomy

• A Dance of the Forests

• Death and the King's Horseman

What is the central theme of Soyinka's play 'The Road'?

• Colonialism

• Death and existentialism

• Love and betrayal

• Political corruption