This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > African Literature > Things Fall Apart > Things Fall Apart – Quiz 12 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Things Fall Apart Quiz 12 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Okonkwo was well known throughout the ..... villages A) 8. B) 5. C) 9. D) 6. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 9. 2. There was an uncanny silence in the room as everyone held their breath. What does the word 'uncanny' mean? A) Having a lot of success and money. B) Strange or spooky in a surprising way. C) To see and understand clearly. D) Acting bossy or like a ruler. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Strange or spooky in a surprising way. 3. What is the iron horse the missionaries bring? A) A horse with armor. B) A bicycle. C) A motorcycle. D) A car. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A bicycle. 4. Which of the following words refers to having wealth? A) Improvident. B) Prosperity. C) Emissary. D) Domination. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Prosperity. 5. While my car is in the shop, I think I'll borrow Dad's Corvette for getting around during the ..... A) Abomination. B) Ultimatum. C) Interim. D) Prowess. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Interim. 6. Which is another word for spectators? A) Acquaintances. B) Colleagues. C) Audience. D) Strangers. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Audience. 7. How many people has Okonkwo killed in battle? A) None. B) 1. C) 3. D) 5. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 5. 8. What is the role of the Oracle in the plot of the story? A) To act as a comic relief and provide humor in the story. B) To serve as a villain and create obstacles for the main characters. C) To remain a mysterious and unimportant character throughout the plot. D) To provide guidance and insight to the main characters. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To provide guidance and insight to the main characters. 9. What are the egwugwu spirits? A) Masked men who represent the spirits of the ancestors. B) Masked women meant to scare off evil spirits. C) Masked men and women who worship the Earth Goddess. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Masked men who represent the spirits of the ancestors. 10. How does Okonkwo's personality differ from his father's? A) Both are ambitious and strong-willed . B) Okonkwo is weak and unsuccessful. C) Unoka is determined and aggressive . D) Okonkwo is strong-willed and determined. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Okonkwo is strong-willed and determined. 11. What is the definition of 'sobering'? A) To make something possible or allow. B) To say something or someone is wrong. C) Making you feel serious and thoughtful. D) To send away someone or something. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Making you feel serious and thoughtful. 12. True or false:The village elders allow the missionaries to build a church, but only on Okonkwo's land A) TRUE. B) FALSE. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) FALSE. 13. The ..... fox outsmarted the hunters and escaped into the forest. A) Agitate. B) Mirth. C) Prowess. D) Wily. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Wily. 14. In his later years, Unoka loves to ..... A) Farm. B) Play music. C) Sleep. D) Talk. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Talk. 15. What word means to have fun and celebrate joyfully? A) Acknowledge. B) Revel. C) Dispose. D) Tentative. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Revel. 16. To move from a higher to lower place; to arrive or attack in a sudden, overwhelming manner A) Impenetrably. B) Superfluous. C) Descended. D) Dominion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Descended. 17. Charlemagne would ..... his army to fight. A) Not want. B) Not help. C) Encourage. D) Discourage. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Encourage. 18. Incipient means ..... A) You have only just started to develop. B) You're an expert at your craft. C) You were in a movie with Leonardo DiCaprio once. D) You are super old; at the end of your life. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) You have only just started to develop. 19. What was the name given to the rainbow? A) Python of the sky. B) Our father. C) Image of colorful. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Python of the sky. 20. Which word means determined by chance, impulse, or whim rather than by necessity or reason? A) Ancestral. B) Wily. C) Imperious. D) Capricious. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Capricious. 21. Who was the goddess of the earth? A) Years. B) Verse. C) Chi. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Years. 22. Described as a spot above ground for resting or sitting A) Perchlorate. B) Tendrils. C) Withering. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Perchlorate. 23. Not resulting from or achieved through careful planning. A) Intricate. B) Ultimatum. C) Prosperity. D) Inadvertent. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Inadvertent. 24. The storm clouds grew darker, signaling the ..... rain. A) Impending. B) Accord. C) Engage. D) Intricate. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Impending. 25. The teacher gave a stern ..... to the student for his disruptive behavior in class. A) Entrails. B) Rebuke. C) Distill. D) Cease. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rebuke. 26. What Does Copiously Mean? A) Valuable. B) In Great Amount. C) In Little Amount. D) None of the Above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) In Great Amount. 27. Which tree was considered sacred A) Silk cotton. B) Palm. C) Native coconut. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Silk cotton. 28. What does Okonkwo drink out of at the funerals of important people? A) A skull. B) A goat horn. C) A gourd. D) A golden cup. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A skull. 29. What is the definition of 'accommodate'? A) Disagreement or lack of harmony or agreement. B) To make someone calm or peaceful. C) To provide lodging or make space for. D) To strongly disapprove and criticize something/someone. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To provide lodging or make space for. 30. Why did Okonkwo think the men of that village were fools? A) Because they were lazy. B) Because they drank too much. C) Because they didn't pay attention to the warning. D) Because they couldn't protect themselves. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Because they didn't pay attention to the warning. 31. What is the definition of 'anxiety'? A) Feeling scared or worried about something. B) To make up for something lost or lacking. C) A basic rule or truth about something. D) Acting bossy or like a ruler. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Feeling scared or worried about something. 32. The completion of all necessary paperwork is requisite for enrollment in the program. What does the word 'requisite' mean? A) Something that is needed or necessary. B) To say yes or agree with something. C) To say something or someone is wrong. D) To spread or scatter in many directions. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Something that is needed or necessary. 33. What word means to say the opposite of something? A) Poignant. B) Inseparable. C) Contradict. D) Demonstrate. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Contradict. 34. What was the time period of the Holocaust? A) Early 1800's. B) 1989-1994. C) 1910-1915. D) 1933-1945. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1933-1945. 35. She made an ..... mistake by sending the email to the wrong person. A) Inadvertent. B) Wrath. C) Tumult. D) Grievous. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Inadvertent. 36. How does Okonkwo treat his wives and children? A) He spoils them all. B) He rules with an iron fist because he wants to be nothing like his dad. C) He is gentle with them. D) He rarely gets angry with them. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He rules with an iron fist because he wants to be nothing like his dad. 37. What does "Mirthless" mean? A) Impossible to pass through or enter. B) Lacking amusement or joy. C) Lacking energy or enthusiasm. D) Filled with great sadness. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lacking amusement or joy. 38. What is the initial reaction of the villagers towards the missionaries? A) Not specified. B) Positive. C) Neutral. D) Negative. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Not specified. 39. The flowers in the garden are beginning to flourish under the bright sunlight. What does the word 'flourish' mean? A) To create or make something, like music. B) To grow or thrive in a positive way. C) About to happen very soon. D) To think carefully before deciding. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To grow or thrive in a positive way. 40. Having Many Complex Pieces, Parts, or Qualities A) Intricate. B) Abomination. C) Effeminate. D) Ultimatum. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Intricate. 41. The Igbo people were known for A) Farming. B) Hunting. C) Fishing. D) Trading. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Farming. 42. What is the most important crop to the people in the novel Things Fall Apart? A) Wheat. B) Yams. C) Squash. D) Potatoes. E) Corn. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Yams. 43. The origin of the conflict can beget a resolution. What does the word 'beget' mean? A) To send away someone or something. B) Mostly or mainly. C) Something that is needed or necessary. D) To create or bring into existence. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To create or bring into existence. 44. Who is it? "When he walked, his heels hardly touched the ground and he seemed to walk on springs, as if he was going to pounce on somebody." A) Grandchild. B) Name. C) Okonkwo. D) Cack. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Okonkwo. 45. A wild uproar; tumult A) Listless. B) Peace. C) Pandemonium. D) Vigor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pandemonium. 46. Why the funeral of the great warrior "Ezeudu" so extensive? A) He was very old. B) Ezeudu was a good father. C) He was a great man. D) Ezeudu killed himself. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He was a great man. 47. My cup was overflowing A) Sheathed. B) Superfluous. C) Impenetrably. D) Pacification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Superfluous. 48. Given to sudden and unaccountable changes of mood A) Perpetual. B) Incipient. C) Improvident. D) Capricious. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Capricious. 49. True or False:An ogbanje was a wicked child who, when it died, re-entered its mother's womb to be born again. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 50. The abandoned house stood desolate, with broken windows and overgrown weeds. What does the word 'desolate' mean? A) To provide lodging or make space for. B) Empty and abandoned. C) To stop someone from doing something. D) A feeling of being treated unfairly. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Empty and abandoned. 51. What is the definition of 'descend'? A) Sharp and curved part of a bird's claw. B) Hard to find or catch. C) To go downward or to lower position. D) An agreement or harmony between people. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To go downward or to lower position. 52. Which of the following words refers to a person sent on a mission to represent others? A) Perpetual. B) Emissary. C) Prosperity. D) Stammer. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Emissary. 53. It is important to heed the advice given by medical professionals. What does the word 'heed' mean? A) Young and inexperienced. B) The concept of one God in three persons. C) A person who spreads the Christian message. D) To pay attention and listen carefully. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To pay attention and listen carefully. 54. What does the word 'ora' represent in the novel? A) A character's name. B) Magical power or energy. C) A type of fruit. D) A type of weapon. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Magical power or energy. 55. Which word describes someone who is deeply honored or respected? A) Revered. B) Amiss. C) Plaintive. D) Wily. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Revered. 56. She used her cunning to outsmart her opponents. What does the word 'cunning' mean? A) To leave or abandon someone or something. B) The most important part or quality. C) To be skilled at tricking others. D) Being in a bad and grumpy mood. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To be skilled at tricking others. 57. She was consumed by despair after receiving the tragic news. What does the word 'despair' mean? A) A feeling of sadness and hopelessness. B) Having the intent to hurt or harm. C) Determined and not giving up easily. D) Deserving of strong dislike or scorn. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A feeling of sadness and hopelessness. 58. She demonstrated great ..... by rushing into the burning building to save trapped children. A) Dispute. B) Ire. C) Indulgent. D) Valor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Valor. 59. Enjoy oneself in a lively and noisy way, especially with drinking and dancing A) Reveled. B) Celebrate. C) Merrymaking. D) Carouse. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Reveled. 60. Having a desire to do evil to others A) Audacity. B) Cunning. C) Malevolent. 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