This question is based on Ola Rotimi’s Ovonramwen Nogbaisi.
OBASEKI [from the auditorium]. For the peace of the land, obey him – Benin has had enough trouble!
[Roupe11 turns, feigning departure.]
CHIEF EZOMO [ urgently kneels before Ovonramwen]. Pray, my lord, do nothing to provoke him again!
IYASE [fervently beseeching] . Benin… think of Benin!
This dialogue became necessary because of Ovonramwem’s
OBASEKI [from the auditorium]. For the peace of the land, obey him – Benin has had enough trouble!
[Roupe11 turns, feigning departure.]
CHIEF EZOMO [ urgently kneels before Ovonramwen]. Pray, my lord, do nothing to provoke him again!
IYASE [fervently beseeching] . Benin… think of Benin!
This dialogue became necessary because of Ovonramwem’s
-
A.
intention to resume fighting -
B.
intransigence in the face of authority -
C.
refusal to pay homage to the witeman -
D.
unwillingness to befriend the witemen