1. The Lion and the Jewel is a play by Nigerian writer Wole Soyinka that was first performed in 1959 in Ibadan. In 1966, it was staged in London at the Royal Court Theatre. The play chronicles how the lion, fights with the modern Lakunle over the right to marry _____?
A:) Baroka
B:) Sidi
C:) Sadiku
D:) Ailatu
springline- Correct option: B:) Sidi
2. The Lion and the Jewel: Lakunle is portrayed as the civilized antithesis of Baroka and unilaterally attempts to modernize his community and change its social conventions for no reason other than the fact that he can. The transcript of the play was first published in _____?
A:) 1958
B:) 1960
C:) 1961
D:) 1962
springline- Correct option: D:) 1962
3. The Lion and the Jewel: A school teacher, Lakunle, is teaching a class when Sidi walks fast carrying a pail of water on her head. The teacher peers out of the window and disappears. Two 11-year-old school children start ogling her, so he hits them on the head and leaves to confront her. Lakunle comes out and insists on taking the pail from ______?
A:) Sadiku
B:) Lakunle
C:) Sidi
D:) The Wrestler
springline- Correct option: C:) sidi
4. The Lion and the Jewel: Who replies, saying that he told her not to carry loads on her head or her neck may be shortened and He also tells her not to expose so much of her cleavage with the cloth she wears around her breasts?
A:) Lakunle
B:) Ailatu
C:) Sadiku
D:) Sidi
springline- Correct option: A:)Lakunle
5. The Lion and the Jewel: After arguing, Sidi wants to leave, but Lakunle tells her of his love for her, but she remains indifferent. Eventually, it is revealed that Sidi does not want to marry him because Lakunle refuses to pay her bride-price as he thinks it is an uncivilized, outrageous custom. Sidi tells him that if she did so, Who will jeer at her, saying that she is not a virgin?
A:) the stranger
B:) the wrestler
C:) people
D:) the Surveyor
springline- Correct option: C:) people
6. The Lion and the Jewel: Lakunle further professes how he wants to marry her and treat her ‘just like the Lagos couples I have seen’. Sidi does not care. She also says that she finds the Western custom of kissing repulsive. Soon, Who came to announce to Sidi the arrival of the stranger and the photo album he brought along bearing pictures of the village?
A:) Lakunle
B:) the stranger
C:) the wrestler
D:) a village girl
springline- Correct option: D:) a village girl
7. The Lion and the Jewel: As the village girls enter, they play ‘The Dance of the Lost Traveller’, which features the sudden arrival of a photographer in their midst some time ago. They tease the traveller in the play, calling his motorbike ‘the devil's own horse’ and the camera that he used to take pictures _______?
A:) the two eyed box
B:) the blue eyed box
C:) the one eyed box
D:) the red eyed box
springline- Correct option: C:) the one eyed box
8. The Lion and the Jewel: Four girls dance the ‘devil-horse’, a youth is selected to play the snake, and Lakunle becomes the Traveller. He seeks to be excused to teach Primary Four Geography but Who informs him that the village is on holiday due to the arrival ofSidi the photographer/traveler?
A:) Sadiku
B:) Ailatu
C:) Sidi
D:) Village girl
springline- Correct option: C:) Sidi
9. The Lion and the Jewel: There is a picture of Sidi on the front page, and a two-page spread of her somewhere inside. Who is featured too, but he ‘is in a little corner somewhere in the book, and that corner he shares with one of the village latrines?
A:) Alioatu
B:) Baroka
C:) Sidi
D:) Sadika
springline- Correct option: B:) Baroka
10. The Lion and the Jewel: The four girls kneeled on the ground, forming the wheels of the car. Who adjusts their position and sits in air in the middle and he pretends to drive the ‘car The girls dance the stall and They shudder, and drop their faces onto their laps?
A:) Lakunle
B:) Sidi
C:) Sadika
D:) Baroka
springline- Correct option: A:) Lakunle
11. The Lion and the Jewel: Lakunle hears a girl misbehaving, but attributes it to sunstroke, so he throws the bottle that he was drinking from in that general direction. He hears a scream and a torrent of abuse. He takes a closer look and sees a girl (played by Sidi). He tries to take photos, but falls down into the ______?
A:) river
B:) stream
C:) lake
D:) pond
springline- Correct option: B:) Stream
12. The Lion and the Jewel: The cast assembles behind him, pretending to be villagers in an ugly mood hauling him to the maram in the town centre. Then Who appears and the play stops and he talks to Lakunle for a while, saying that he knew how the play went and was waiting for the right time to step in?
A:) Baroka
B:) Sidi
C:) Sadiku
D:) Lakunle
springline- Correct option: A:) Baroka
13. The Lion and the Jewel: The villagers once again start thirsting for his blood. He is hauled before Baroka, thrown on his face. He tries to explain his plight. Baroka seems to understand and orders a feast in the Lost Traveller's honour. He then takes the opportunity to take more photos of Sidi. He is also pressed to drink much alcohol, and at the end of the play, he is close to_________?
A:) faint
B:) vomiting
C:) death
D:) accident
springline- Correct option: B:) vomiting
14. The Lion and the Jewel: Sidi praises him for his performance. Lakunle runs away, followed by a flock of women. Baroka and the wrestler sit alone. Baroka takes out his book, and muses that it has been five full months since he last took a _____?
A:) wife
B:) sister
C:) girl
D:) friend
springline- Correct option: A:) wife
15. The Lion and the Jewel: Sidi is at a road near the marketplace. Lakunle follows her, while carrying the firewood that Sidi asked him to help her get. She admires the pictures of her in the magazine. Then Sadiku appears wearing a shawl over her head. She informs her that the Lion wishes to take her as a wife. Lakunle is outraged, but Sidi stops him. Who is as Lion in this play?
A:) Lakunle
B:) Ailatu
C:) Baroka
D:) Sadiku
springline- Correct option: C:) Baroka
16. The Lion and the Jewel: Sadiku presses on, dissembling that Baroka has sworn not to take any more wives after her and that she would be his favourite and would get many privileges, including being able to sleep in the palace rather than one of the outhouses. As Baroka's last wife, she would also be able to become the first, and thus head wife, of his successor, in the same way that Who was Baroka's head wife?
A:) Leela
B:) Sidi
C:) Ailatu
D:) Village girl
springline- Correct option: C:) Ailatu
17. The Lion and the Jewel: Lakunle interjects, informing them that Baroka was known for his wiliness, particularly when he managed to foil the Public Works attempt to build a railroad through Ilujinle. Baroka bribed the surveyor for the route to move the railroad much farther away as ‘the earth is most unsuitable, could not possibly support the weight of a railway engine’. Who is distraught, as he thinks just how close Ilujinle was to civilisation at that time?
A:) Baroka
B:) Lakunle
C:) Ailatu
D:) Sadiku
springline- Correct option: B:) Lakunle
18. The Lion and the Jewel: Baroka pretends to doubt his manliness and asks Sadiku to massage the soles of his feet. Sadiku complies. He lies to her that his manhood ended a week ago, specifically warning her not to tell anyone. He comments that he is only 62. Compared to him, his grandfather had fathered two sons late on 65 and Okiki, his father, produced a pair of female twins at _______?
A:) 65
B:) 66
C:) 67
D:) 69
springline- Correct option: B:) 67
19. The Lion and the Jewel: Sadiku resumes her victory dance and even asks Sidi to join in. Then Lakunle enters. He scorns them, saying: ‘The full moon is not yet, but the women cannot wait. They must go mad without it.’ Sidi and Sadiku stop dancing. They talk for a while. As they are about to resume dancing, Sidi states her plans to visit, Who for his feast and toy with him?
A:) Baroka
B:) Stranger
C:) Wrestler
D:) Ailatu
springline- Correct option: A:) Baroka
20. The Lion and the Jewel: Baroka is arm-wrestling the wrestler seen earlier. He is surprised that she (Sidi) managed to enter unchallenged. Then he suddenly remembers that that day was the designated day off for the servants. He laments that Lakunle had made his servants form an entity called the Palace Workers' Union. He asks if Who was at her usual place, and was disappointed to find out that she had not left him yet despite scolding her severely?
A:) Sadiku
B:) Village girl
C:) Sidi
D:) Ailatu
springline- Correct option: D:)Ailatu
21. The Lion and the Jewel: Sidi takes this opportunity to slightly tease him, and is rewarded by his violent reaction by taking the wrestler and slinging him over his shoulder. The wrestler quickly recovers and a new match begins again. The discussion continues. Baroka is hurt by the parallels and subtle hints about his nature dropped by Sidi. Sidi even taunts him, saying that he has failed to produce any children for the last _______?
A:) one year
B:) two year
C:) three years
D:) five years
springline- Correct option: B:) two years
22. The Lion and the Jewel: The scene cuts back to the village centre, where Lakunle is pacing in frustration. He is mad at Sadiku for tricking her to go see Baroka, and at the same time concerned that Baroka will harm or imprison her. Some mummers arrive. Sadiku remains calm, despite Lakunle's growing stress. Who steals a coin from Lakunle to pay the mummers?
A:) Sidi
B:) Stranger
C:) Sadiku
D:) Wrestler
springline- Correct option: C:) Sadiku
23. The Lion and the Jewel: The mummers drum her praises, but Sadiku claims that Lakunle was the real benefactor. Then they dance the Baroka story, showing him at his prime and his eventual downfall. Lakunle is pleased by the parts where they mock Baroka. Sadiku mentions that she used to be known as Sadiku of the duiker's feet because she could twist and untwist her waist with the smoothness of a ______?
A:) frog
B:) gold fish
C:) fish
D:) water snake
springline- Correct option: D:) water snake
24. The Lion and the Jewel: The most prominent theme of this story is the rapid modernisation of Africa, coupled with the rapid evangelisation of the population. This has driven a wedge between the traditionalists, who seek to nullify the changes done in the name of progress due to vested interests .Another core theme is the marginalisation of , Who as property?
A:) wives
B:) village girl
C:) women
D:) Ailatu
springline- Correct option: C:) women
25. The Lion and the Jewel: Sidi is at the village center square, by the schoolroom window. Enter Sadiku, who is carrying a bundle. She sets down a figure by the tree. She gloats, saying that she has managed to be the undoing (making him impotent) of Baroka, and of his father_______?
A:) Okiki
B:) Kiran
C:) illujinle
D:) okaro
springline- Correct option: A:) Okiki
26. In October 1969, when the civil war came to an end, amnesty was proclaimed, and Soyinka and other political prisoners were freed. For the first few months after his release, Soyinka stayed at a friend's farm in southern France, where he sought solitude. He wrote The Bacchae of Euripides (1969), a reworking of the Pentheus myth. He soon published in London a book of poetry, _____?
A:) The strong Breed
B:) Poems from Prison
C:) The Man Died
D:) A play of Giants
springline- Correct option: B:) Poems from Prison
27. In April 1971, concerned about the political situation in Nigeria, Soyinka resigned from his duties at the University in Ibadan, and began years of voluntary exile. In July in Paris, excerpts from his well-known play ,Which were performed?
A:) The Dance of The Forest
B:) Camwood on the Leaves
C:) From Zia with Love
D:) Before the Blackout
springline- Correct option: A:) The Dance of The Forest
28. Soyinka : His Nobel acceptance speech, ‘This Past Must Address Its Present’, was devoted to South African freedom-fighter Nelson Mandela. Soyinka's speech was an outspoken criticism of apartheid and the politics of racial segregation imposed on the majority by the Nationalist South African government. When he received the Agip Prize for Literature?
A:) 1984
B:) 1985
C:) 1986
D:) 1988
springline- Correct option: C:) 1986
29. Soyinka's play King Baabu premièred in Lagos in 2001, a political satire on the theme of African dictatorship. In 2002, a collection of his poems entitled Samarkand and Other Markets I Have Known was published by Methuen. In April 2006, his memoir You Must Set Forth at Dawn was published by Random House. In 2006 he cancelled his keynote He was awarded the International Humanist Award in the year of_____?
A:) 2011
B:) 2012
C:) 2013
D:) 2014
springline- Correct option: D:) 2014
30. In 2018, Henry Louis Gates, Jr tweeted that Nigerian filmmaker and writer Onyeka Nwelue visited him in Harvard and was making a documentary film on Wole Soyinka. As part of efforts to mark his 84th birthday, a collection of poems titled 84 Delicious Bottles of Wine was published for Wole Soyinka, edited by Onyeka Nwelue and _______?
A:) Einathan John
B:) Amos Tutuola
C:) Odega Shawa
D:) Gabriel Okara
springline- Correct option: C:) Odega Shawa