This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > African Literature > Things Fall Apart > Things Fall Apart – Quiz 12 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Things Fall Apart Quiz 12 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the definition of 'despair'? A) Having the intent to hurt or harm. B) Deserving of strong dislike or scorn. C) To argue or disagree about something. D) A feeling of sadness and hopelessness. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A feeling of sadness and hopelessness. 2. How does the author use language to create tension in these chapters? A) Long, detailed descriptions. B) Use of humor and light-hearted language. C) Predictable plot twists. D) Descriptive and suspenseful language, short sentences, and cliffhangers. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Descriptive and suspenseful language, short sentences, and cliffhangers. 3. It was presumptuous of him to assume that he would win the competition without even practicing. What does the word 'presumptuous' mean? A) To tell someone what medicine to take. B) Made or shaped, often by hand. C) Acting like you know everything. D) Strong enthusiasm or passion for something. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Acting like you know everything. 4. Part A:This passage conveys the universal theme that- A) Children tend to be stronger and more successful than their parents. B) We are often labeled with the reputation that our parents had. C) Family relationships have a strong effect on our worldview. D) Children of failures are less likely to work hard or save money. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Family relationships have a strong effect on our worldview. 5. What word means to argue or disagree about something? A) Grave. B) Dispute. C) Afflict. D) Wither. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dispute. 6. What was the title of the book that the District Commissioner planned to write? (Ch 25) A) Things Fall Apart. B) The Pacification of the Primitive Tribes of the Lower Niger. C) Ishtar. D) How to Subdue and Conquer a Barbaric Tribe. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Pacification of the Primitive Tribes of the Lower Niger. 7. The conversation had an underlying overtone of tension. What does the word 'overtone' mean? A) A final demand before consequences happen. B) Having a lot of success and money. C) Doing well and being successful in life. D) A sound that can be heard with another sound. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A sound that can be heard with another sound. 8. Describe Okonkwo's relationship with his family in Chapter 5. A) Distant and indifferent. B) Supportive and caring. C) Strained and filled with tension. D) Loving and harmonious. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Strained and filled with tension. 9. Which of the following words refers to a a speech disorder involving hesitation or repetition when speaking? A) Prosperity. B) Stammer. C) Emissary. D) Perpetual. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Stammer. 10. (adj) imperfect; (adv) in a mistaken A) Amiss. B) Xerox. C) On behalf. D) Prosperity. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Amiss. 11. Where does Okonkwo go during his exile? A) Umuofia. B) England. C) Detection. D) Liberia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Detection. 12. Who is it? "But he was so weak that his legs could hardly carry him. He felt like a drunken giant walking with the limbs of a mosquito. Now and then a cold shiver descended on his head and spread down his body." A) Grandchild. B) Name. C) Okonkwo. D) Cack. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Okonkwo. 13. All are true about Chinua Achebe EXCEPT ..... A) He grew up poor and uneducated. B) He was raised Christian. C) He was Igbo. D) He was a professor of English in an American University. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He grew up poor and uneducated. 14. What word means shaking or quivering because of fear or excitement? A) Grievous. B) Calamity. C) Delirium. D) Tremulous. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tremulous. 15. Who came to visit Okonkwo two years into his exile? A) His friend, Obierika. B) His enemy, Obierika. C) An evil spirit. D) His Cousin, Obierika. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) His friend, Obierika. 16. What is the definition of 'wither'? A) To become dry and shriveled. B) To argue or disagree about something. C) Very, very bad or unpleasant. D) Not easily changed or willing to bend. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To become dry and shriveled. 17. Having wives, titles, and barns was a signal of bad luck for Igbo people. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 18. What is the main crop grown by the Igbo people? A) Corn. B) Yam. C) Cassava. D) Taro. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Yam. 19. Approval or praise A) Condemnation. B) Approbation. C) Audacity. D) Criticism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Approbation. 20. They joyfully ..... ed in the victory. A) Ultimate. B) Console. C) Dispose. D) Revel. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Revel. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesAfrican Literature QuizzesThings Fall Apart Quiz 1Things Fall Apart Quiz 2Things Fall Apart Quiz 3Things Fall Apart Quiz 4Things Fall Apart Quiz 5Things Fall Apart Quiz 6Things Fall Apart Quiz 7Things Fall Apart Quiz 8Things Fall Apart Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books