This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > African Literature > Things Fall Apart > Things Fall Apart – Quiz 55 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Things Fall Apart Quiz 55 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Achebe wrote this novel in ..... , when he was 28 years old. A) 1958. B) 2003. C) 1895. D) 260 BC. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1958. 2. Set of shared attitudes, values, goals, and practices A) Folklore. B) Superstition. C) Protagonist. D) Culture. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Culture. 3. How many yam seeds do Okonkwo's cousins give him (the total amount) A) 100. B) 300. C) 500. D) 1500. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1500. 4. She spoke English with a heavy Southern dialect. What does the word 'dialect' mean? A) The concept of one God in three persons. B) Lying or tricking someone on purpose. C) To make fun of or mock someone. D) A way people in a certain place talk. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A way people in a certain place talk. 5. The police used tear gas to ..... the crowd. A) Gospel. B) Persevere. C) Disperse. D) Inhabitant. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Disperse. 6. Mental is A) The boy whom Okonkwo killed during the funeral. B) The leader of Mbanta. C) Okonkwo's grandfather. D) Okonkwo's uncle. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Okonkwo's uncle. 7. Although many missionaries had good intentions, the truth is that ..... was a tool of colonialism to brainwash the natives and keep them from fighting back. A) Ultimatum. B) Tumult. C) Evangelism. D) Prowess. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Evangelism. 8. What does the word "Forsake" (forsook) mean? A) Ability to move quickly and easily. B) To abandon someone or something. C) Obviously seen/able to be sensed. D) Lacking energy or enthusiasm. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To abandon someone or something. 9. Why did Okonkwo tell the man, '' This meeting is for men." A) Because the man had no titles. B) Because the man was much younger. C) Because the man was unmarried. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Because the man had no titles. 10. There was an ..... silence in the room as everyone held their breath. A) Emissary. B) Ultimatum. C) External. D) Uncanny. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Uncanny. 11. Why did the missionaries target the outcasts and osu in the village? A) They were considered social outcasts or untouchables in the local caste system. B) They were the wealthiest members of the village. C) They were the most educated individuals in the village. D) They were the leaders of the village. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They were considered social outcasts or untouchables in the local caste system. 12. What does Okonkwo constantly wish Ezinma had been? A) His firstborn child. B) A better cook. C) A son. D) A donkey. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A son. 13. What word means to make someone feel very embarrassed? A) Humiliate. B) Torment. C) Pathetic. D) Listless. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Humiliate. 14. What is the definition of 'yield'? A) Quitting a job or position willingly. B) To give or produce something. C) When two things happen at the same time. D) Able to move quickly and easily. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To give or produce something. 15. What is colonialism? A) One nation wants to change its name. B) One nation becomes two nations. C) One nation assumes control over the other. D) One nation loses control over the other. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) One nation assumes control over the other. 16. Why does Okonkwo complete the execution of Ikemefuna? A) He holds the village title of executioner. B) It was only fitting because he saw Ikemefuna as a son. C) Ikemefuna was begging for mercy and it enraged Okonkwo. D) Okonkwo did not want to be thought as weak by the men present. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Okonkwo did not want to be thought as weak by the men present. 17. What is the definition of 'external'? A) Never ending, always happening or existing. B) To have control or power over. C) Outside or coming from the outside. D) To see and understand clearly. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Outside or coming from the outside. 18. Why did the woman involved in the trial leave her husband? A) He beat her almost daily. B) He didn't feed her children. C) She met someone else. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He beat her almost daily. 19. Who said it? "But I can trust you. I know it as I look at you, As our fathers said, you can tell a ripe corn by its look. I shall give your twice four hundred yams. Go ahead and prepare your farm." A) Okonkwo. B) Stranger. C) Verse. D) Obierika. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Stranger. 20. She was so inflexible that she refused to consider any alternative solutions. What does the word 'inflexible' mean? A) A large amount of something rushing quickly. B) Very, very bad or unpleasant. C) Not easily changed or willing to bend. D) To cause someone to suffer or be in pain. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Not easily changed or willing to bend. ← 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