A Dance of the Forests Quizzes

A Dance of the Forests Quiz 1

1 Who wrote A Dance of the Forests?

Wole Soyinka

Ola Rotimi

Zulu Sofola

Osonya Tess Onwueme
2 What country is the playwright from?

Spain

Ethiopia

South Africa

Nigeria
3 When was the play published?

1963

1978

1967

1955
4 Which of the following is not a Wole Soyinka play?

The Lion and the Jewel

Kongi's Harvest

Death and the King's Horseman

Woza Albert!
5 What event was the play written in celebration of?

The first national elections

Shagari's election

Nigerian independence and decolonization

The establishment of Hausa Kingdom
6 In what year did Nigeria become independent?

1965

1958

1962

1960
7 When did Soyinka win the Nobel Prize in Literature?

1986

1980

1976

1990
8 Why was this play controversial?

It was read as being critical of Nigerian politics

It was seen as anti-American

Soyinka was writing about homosexuality in plain terms

It included a lot of sexually explicit material
9 Where does the play take place?

In a vast desert

In a clearing in a forest

In an English university

In a small village
10 What is the first image of the play?

Demoke pushing his apprentice out of the tree

The Dead Man and Dead Woman coming up out of the soil

Aroni casting a spell

Mata Kharibu marrying Madame Tortoise
11 What is the Dead Man wearing?

Nothing

A tuxedo

A suit made of leaves

A warrior's outfit
12 What is the condition of the woman?

She is incredibly skinny

She is pregnant

She is covered in blood

She is an angel
13 Who is the first mortal to enter?

Murete

Rola

Agboreko

Adenebi
14 Who was the Dead Man in his former life?

A messenger

A scribe

A Captain in Mata Kharibu's army

A poet
15 Who was the Dead Woman in her former life?

A poet

His wife

A warrior

The queen
16 Who was Rola in her former life?

The captain's wife

A warrior

Madame Tortoise

A singer
17 Who was Adenebi in his former life?

The court historian

A slave-dealer

The messenger

The head of the army
18 What is Demoke's profession?

Orator

Warrior

Writer

Carver
19 Who is the patron god of carvers?

Murete

Ogun

Rola

Eshuoro
20 Who was Demoke in his previous life?

Madame Tortoise's husband

A soldier

The court historian

The court poet
21 Who brought the spirit of the restless dead to the Gathering of the Tribes?

Agboreko

The Forest Head

The Old Man

Aroni
22 What name does Forest Head go by?

Obaneji

Rola

Murete

Eshuoro
23 What is Aroni's title?

The Brave One

The Lame One

The Spirit of Love

The Hunter of Humans
24 What are the mortals' responses to the Dead Man and Dead Woman?

They are angry that they have to interact with them

They are frightened and put off by them

They are delighted to see them

They are indifferent and unfazed
25 Who says "the world is big but the dead are bigger"?

The Forest Head

The Dead Man

The Dead Woman

Adenebi

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