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WorksheetsDeath and the King's Horseman, Scene 1
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Wole Soyinka is
Rwandan
Kenyan
Nigerian
Ugandan
The play was written in
1946
1975
1960
1980
The play is based on true events from
1946
1960
1980
1964
Which country colonised Nigeria?
Belgium
France
The U.S
Britain
How many scenes are there in the play?
1
6
5
3
The first animal Elesin is compared to by the Praise Singer is the
Lion
Horse
Zebra
Cockerel
Where does the first scene take place?
Elesin's home
In a building
The marketplace
England
What does the Praise Singer say took away the heart of their race?
Disease
Christianity
Despair
White Slavers
One of the metaphors in Scene 1 is the world...
falling into darkness
going off course
exploding
cracking in half
Elesin chants the storu of the...
ancestors
child and the lion
Not I Bird
women
All of the following say "Not I", except ...
the farmer
the courtesan
Elesin
the kinsman
The Not I Bird brings messages of
Birth
Marriage
Death
Fortune
Elesin claims to be the master of
the marketplace
the women
his fate
all the land
Who does Elesin go to the other side to keep company?
the King
his wife
his father
Iyaloja
Elesin becomes annoyed when the women say he is a man of...
women
honor
the land
Clabash
Who is Iyaloja?
Elesin's mother
The mother of the marketplace
The Bride's mother
The Queen
Elesin rejects the women's claims of honor because of...
his attire
the food
his bad actions
his age
Elesin is distracted by...
the Praise Singer
the dance of the women
his own fears
a beautiful woman
The woman Elesin desires is ...
Iyaloja's daughter
already engaged
too young
related to him
Iyaloya finally responds to Elesin's by ...
sending the girl away
leaving the marketplace
giving her blessings
deciding not to intervene
