Death and the King’s Horseman Quizzes

Death and the King's Horseman Quiz 1

By Kristen Osborne-Bartucca · Edited by Aaron Suduiko · Last reviewed May 30, 2015

1 Soyinka is

Rwandan

Ugandan

Nigerian

Kenyan
2 The play was written in

1960

1975

1980

1946
3 The play is based on true events from

1960

1980

1964

1946
4 Which country colonized Nigeria?

The U.S.

Britain

France

Belgium
5 How many acts are there in the play?

4

2

3

5
6 The first animal Elesin is compared to by the praise-singer is the

zebra

dog

cockerel

horse
7 Where does the first act take place?

The party

The marketplace

Elesin's home

England
8 What does the praise-singer say took away the heart of their race?

White slavers

Despair

Disease

Christianity
9 One of the metaphors in act I is the world

cracking in half

falling into darkness

exploding

going off course
10 Elesin chants the story of the

Not-I bird

giraffe and the lion

stars

woman and man
11 All of the following say "Not I" except

Elesin

the courtesan

a kinsman

the farmer
12 The Not-I bird brings tidings of

death

birth

power

bad weather
13 Elesin claims to be the master of

the white man

all the land

women

his fate
14 Who does Elesin go to keep company?

The Bride

The King

Iyaloja

His son
15 Elesin becomes annoyed when the women say he is a man of

wisdom

handsomeness

honor

power
16 Who is Iyaloja?

Olunde's wife

The Bride

The mother of the marketplace

Elesin's daughter
17 Elesin rejects the womens' claims of honor because of

his misdeeds

his humility

his attire

his age
18 The marketplace is a metaphor for

Family

Hell

Elesin's world

Heaven
19 Elesin is distracted by

his son

a beautiful woman

the praise-singer

his own fears
20 The woman Elesin lusts after is

betrothed

very young

Olunde's wife

related to him
21 How does Iyaloja ultimately respond to Elesin's desire for the woman?

She gives her blessing

She decides not to intervene

She refuses to give her blessing

She sends the girl away
22 When the reader first meets Pilkings what is he doing?

Reading

Arguing

Dancing

Sleeping
23 Who is Amusa?

The Prince

The steward boy

An aide-de-camp

An African constable
24 What horrifies Amusa about Mr. and Mrs. Pilkings?

What they are doing

What they are wearing

What they are saying

What they are eating
25 The egungun is part of

Christianity

Nigerian literature

Elesin's duties

a dead cult

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