This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > African Literature > Things Fall Apart > Things Fall Apart – Quiz 10 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Things Fall Apart Quiz 10 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Who is the author of the novel 'Things Fall Apart'? A) Okonkwo. B) Grandchild. C) Rudyard Kipling. D) Chinua Achebe. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Chinua Achebe. 2. Where did Chielo go first? A) She walked to another village. B) She went to the market square. C) She went to the great river to get sacred water. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She walked to another village. 3. Who is Okonkwo's best friend in 'Things Fall Apart'? A) Cack. B) Grandchild. C) Name. D) Obierika. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Obierika. 4. Out of the following characters, who is NOT a member of Okonkwo's family? A) Ikeshuma. B) Name. C) Grandchild. D) Crush. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ikeshuma. 5. The company will appoint an interim CEO until a permanent replacement is found. What does the word 'interim' mean? A) In-between or temporary. B) Never ending, always happening or existing. C) To have control or power over. D) Acting bossy or like a ruler. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) In-between or temporary. 6. What is the meaning of the term 'agbala' in the context of the novel? A) A type of animal. B) A traditional dance. C) A type of food in the Ibo community. D) A title given to a woman considered wise and respected. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A title given to a woman considered wise and respected. 7. What was Okonkwo afraid of before the big meeting in Chapter 24? A) The Court Messengers were tough fighters. B) The wrath of the District Commissioner. C) That Egonwanne would convince the tribe not to fight. D) He didn't want to fight against former clansmen. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) That Egonwanne would convince the tribe not to fight. 8. Something Vile, Shameful, or Sinful A) Abomination. B) Effeminate. C) Audacity. D) Inadvertent. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Abomination. 9. What is the significance of ibeji in the Ibo community? A) They are believed to have special powers. B) They are the traditional healers. C) They are considered outcasts. D) They are the village leaders. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They are the village leaders. 10. Skill or expertise in a particular activity or field A) Talent. B) Knowledge. C) Prowess. D) Ability. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Prowess. 11. What word means showing disrespect or rudeness towards others? A) Congregation. B) Persevere. C) Disperse. D) Impudent. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Impudent. 12. The charismatic ..... delivered a powerful sermon to a packed congregation. A) Deride. B) Parched. C) Evangelist. D) Enthrall. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Evangelist. 13. Okonkwo's biggest fears are: A) Happiness and joy. B) Weakness and failure. C) Failure and thunderstorms. D) Snakes and locusts. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Weakness and failure. 14. The Festival of the New Yam gives thanks to which god/goddess? A) Jakuta, god of lightning. B) Ani, the earth goddess. C) Oko, god of farming. D) Eshu, trickster good. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ani, the earth goddess. 15. At first, the people of Mbanta respond to the Christians with A) Mockery. B) Curiosity. C) Violence. D) Respect. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mockery. 16. As an ..... young woman, Helen never thought about saving for her retirement. A) Impending. B) Interim. C) Improvident. D) Intricate. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Improvident. 17. The setting of this story is in ..... during the ..... time period. A) Congo, during the colonial time period. B) West Africa, during the Cold War. C) Nigeria, during the Congo-African War. D) Nigeria, during the colonial time period. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nigeria, during the colonial time period. 18. The title 'Things Fall Apart' is taken from A) 1984, George Orwell. B) The Second Coming, W.B Yeats. C) Fire on the Mountain, Anita Desai. D) The white Tiger, Aravind Adiga. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Second Coming, W.B Yeats. 19. Suppression:The government tried to ..... the protests. A) Compensate. B) Imperious. C) External. D) Suppress. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Suppress. 20. Make (someone) legally or morally bound to an action A) Obliged. B) Incipient. C) Capricious. D) Incipient. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Obliged. 21. NIgeria has a population of A) 10 million people. B) 100 million people. C) 1 million people. D) 5 million people. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 100 million people. 22. What is a negative effect of a single story? A) Creates rumors. B) Creates stereotypes. C) Makes people angry. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Creates stereotypes. 23. The thin stem of a climbing plant that attaches to walls, fences, etc. A) Tendrils. B) Perchlorate. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tendrils. 24. What was Okonkwo's attitude towards starting a new life and building a new home? A) He felt tired and without passion. B) He felt his youth returning. C) He felt thankful and blessed. D) He felt angry and violent. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He felt tired and without passion. 25. Okonkwo felt a sense of ..... after violating the Week of Peace. A) Repentance. B) Sacred. C) Humility. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Repentance. 26. The mother sang a lullaby to ..... her crying baby. A) Deter. B) Desecrate. C) Idolatry. D) Pacify. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pacify. 27. She firmly believes in the principle of fairness and equal opportunity for all. What does the word 'principle' mean? A) Acting bossy or like a ruler. B) A basic rule or truth about something. C) Having a lot of success and money. D) To see and understand clearly. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A basic rule or truth about something. 28. What word means very skilled or clever with hands? A) Valediction. B) Demonstrate. C) Brusque. D) Deft. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Deft. 29. CHOOSE THE ONE CORRECT ANSWER:Mr. Brown convinces the Ibo people to attend the Christians' school by: A) Telling them that the Christians are the only true religion. B) Telling them that outsiders will come to rule them if they cannot read and write. C) Telling them that they cannot stay in Umuofia if they do not attend the Christian school. D) Telling them that the Gods of the Ibo culture could not help them anymore. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Telling them that outsiders will come to rule them if they cannot read and write. 30. What does the word 'chi' mean in the context of 'Things Fall Apart'? A) A traditional dance. B) A type of food. C) A person's personal god or spirit. D) A form of currency. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A person's personal god or spirit. 31. What word means the most important part or quality? A) Eloquent. B) Accord. C) Essence. D) Utter. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Essence. 32. When the narrator is not in a story; knows the thoughts all characters; use of pronouns he, she, them, etc. A) Third person omniscient point of view. B) Third person limited point of view. C) Second person point of view. D) First person point of view. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Third person omniscient point of view. 33. To climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling A) Frenzy. B) Clamber. C) Dutifully. D) Elusive. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Clamber. 34. What is the importance of yam farming? A) It is a source of income. B) It is a traditional ritual. C) It is a religious practice. D) It is a form of entertainment. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It is a source of income. 35. He wore a sullen expression throughout the party. What does the word 'sullen' mean? A) The most important part or quality. B) To quickly move backwards in surprise or fear. C) Being in a bad and grumpy mood. D) Very big or large in size. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Being in a bad and grumpy mood. 36. Carlos had the ..... to believe that the earth was flat, despite the overwhelming evidence proving otherwise. A) Malevolent. B) Mutilate. C) Audacity. D) Specious. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Audacity. 37. Yam was the ..... of crops A) Prince. B) King. C) Queen. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) King. 38. What event occurs in Chapter 16 that changes the fate of the village? A) Volcanic eruption. B) Zombie apocalypse. C) Severe drought. D) Alien invasion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Severe drought. 39. The student delivered a heartfelt valediction at the graduation ceremony. What does the word 'valediction' mean? A) To make someone very angry or upset. B) To make up for a mistake. C) Being officially given authority to perform religious ceremonies. D) A farewell or goodbye to someone. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A farewell or goodbye to someone. 40. A special stone that forms a link between the spirit world A) Good-uwa. B) Obi. C) Professional. D) Sacrifice. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Good-uwa. 41. What word means just beginning or starting to happen? A) Dominate. B) Imperious. C) Sinister. D) Incipient. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Incipient. 42. The ..... s of his actions were severe. A) Conflict. B) Perplex. C) Zeal. D) Consequence. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Consequence. 43. How does the character of Nwoye evolve in Chapters 4-6? A) Nwoye becomes a carbon copy of his father, following his every belief and tradition. B) Nwoye becomes more obedient and unquestioning of his father's beliefs. C) Nwoye becomes more independent and starts to question his father's beliefs and traditions. D) Nwoye becomes less independent and more traditional. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nwoye becomes more independent and starts to question his father's beliefs and traditions. 44. Repentant means ..... A) That you are asking for favors. B) That you are asking for revenge. C) That you are asking for lunch. D) That you are asking for forgiveness. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) That you are asking for forgiveness. 45. The ..... woman donated her entire paycheck to charity. A) Benevolent. B) Intervene. C) Provoke. D) Demonstrate. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Benevolent. 46. What is the definition of 'contradict'? A) To go with someone or something. B) To say the opposite of something. C) Shared by everyone in a group. D) Family or people who are related. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To say the opposite of something. 47. " ..... did not have a start in life which many young men usually had" A) Grandchild. B) Name. C) Okonkwo. D) Okoye. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Okonkwo. 48. How was the faith in the Ibo gods restored? A) Okoli died. B) Mr. Kiaga died. C) Converts were ostracized. D) Okonkwo's honor was restored. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Okoli died. 49. What word means a very big and serious problem? A) Impudent. B) Enormity. C) Gospel. D) Summon. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Enormity. 50. Why does Okonkwo work hard? A) To get rich or die trying. B) It's a hard knock life. C) To make up for his father's negative strikes against him. D) To pay for his five wives and sixteen children. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To make up for his father's negative strikes against him. 51. The kids would often taunt their classmate by making fun of his clothes. What does the word 'taunt' mean? A) To make fun of someone on purpose. B) Having control or power over something. C) To make someone less angry or upset. D) Producing loud, rich, and deep sound. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To make fun of someone on purpose. 52. Sorry; recognizing you have done something wrong A) Atone. B) Repentant. C) Deftly. D) Poignant. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Repentant. 53. What are the outcasts required to do before they may join the church? A) Pierce their tongues. B) Change their names. C) Get cam wood tattoos. D) Shave their heads. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Shave their heads. 54. The circus was a dazzling ..... of acrobats and clowns. A) Accord. B) Continuous. C) Spectacle. D) Agitate. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Spectacle. 55. The news of their failing business was ..... A) Sobering. B) Requisite. C) Condemn. D) Enable. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sobering. 56. Did Okonkwo get any inheritance from his father? A) Yes. B) No. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) No. 57. They settled their ..... through mediation. A) Ire. B) Dispute. C) Valor. D) Expel. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dispute. 58. How many of Uchendu's questions can Okonkwo answer? A) 0. B) 2. C) 1. D) 3. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 0. 59. How did Okonkwo handle Nwoye after learning he had been among the Christians? A) He immediately disowned him. B) He attacked him. C) He took him to the evil forest. D) He attacked the missionaries. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He attacked him. 60. How did Okonkwo know that the tribe would not go to war? (Ch 24) A) The tribe let the rest of the messengers get away. B) They broke into tumult instead of action after Okonkwo's attack. C) Okonkwo knew that they were too afraid to act. D) All of these options are true. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these options are true. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesAfrican Literature QuizzesEnglish 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 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books