Death and the King's Horseman Quiz #8 Name
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1. Why do the women of the marketplace celebrate the girls of the marketplace in Act III?
2. What does Iyaloja take from Elesin as he enters the marketplace in Act III.
2. At the end of Act III, Elesin is performing a dance. What is this dance meant to accompany?
3. In Act II, we see how Amusa and Joseph react to the engungun masks worn by the Pilkings. How does Olunde, the son of Elesin, react when he sees them, and how does he explain his reaction?
4. Upon their first encounter, Olunde and Jane have a conversation that shows their difference in attitudes towards death and attitudes towards the use of language. Aside from their talk about Elesin, what do they speak of that reflects differing attitudes towards death?
5. What do they speak of that reflects their differing attitudes towards the use of language?
6. What are the first words that Olunde speaks to Elesin when they are reunited in Africa?
7. Jane Pilkings tries to make Elesin understand that “[E]verthing [my husband] did was for the best.” What is Elesin’s response to this plea, and why does he say this?
9. Elesin, while imprisoned, receives a delegation. "On their shoulders is borne a longish object roughly like a cylindrical bolt." What is it they carry?
10. As the king's horseman, how is Elesin intended to die? How does he die?
Extra Credit: (one-half point) In his introduction, Soyinka evokes the threnodic essence of the play. Define threnodic, or threnody.
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