Death and the King’s Horseman Quizzes

Death and the King's Horseman Quiz 1

1 Soyinka is
Rwandan

Ugandan

Kenyan

Nigerian
2 The play was written in
1960

1946

1975

1980
3 The play is based on true events from
1946

1960

1980

1964
4 Which country colonized Nigeria?
Belgium

France

Britain

The U.S.
5 How many acts are there in the play?
2

5

3

4
6 The first animal Elesin is compared to by the praise-singer is the
cockerel

horse

dog

zebra
7 Where does the first act take place?
Elesin's home

The party

England

The marketplace
8 What does the praise-singer say took away the heart of their race?
Disease

White slavers

Christianity

Despair
9 One of the metaphors in act I is the world
falling into darkness

cracking in half

exploding

going off course
10 Elesin chants the story of the
stars

Not-I bird

giraffe and the lion

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

the farmer

Elesin

the courtesan
12 The Not-I bird brings tidings of
bad weather

birth

death

power
13 Elesin claims to be the master of
his fate

women

the white man

all the land
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

power

honor
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 humility

his misdeeds

his attire

his age
18 The marketplace is a metaphor for
Hell

Elesin's world

Family

Heaven
19 Elesin is distracted by
a beautiful woman

the praise-singer

his own fears

his son
20 The woman Elesin lusts after is
betrothed

very young

related to him

Olunde's wife
21 How does Iyaloja ultimately respond to Elesin's desire for the woman?
She refuses to give her blessing

She sends the girl away

She decides not to intervene

She gives her blessing
22 When the reader first meets Pilkings what is he doing?
Dancing

Arguing

Sleeping

Reading
23 Who is Amusa?
An African constable

The Prince

An aide-de-camp

The steward boy
24 What horrifies Amusa about Mr. and Mrs. Pilkings?
What they are doing

What they are eating

What they are saying

What they are wearing
25 The egungun is part of
Christianity

Nigerian literature

a dead cult

Elesin's duties

What's the Cultural ideology in the play, Death and the King's Horseman?

The central ritual of the text -- the king's horseman dying so he can join his master in the afterlife -- is a fascinating component of Yoruba society, but also functions here as a dying country's last gasp in the face of colonial control and...

Asked by Nket G #1115788

Answered by jill d #170087 on 2/19/2021 9:10 PM