This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > African Literature > Things Fall Apart > Things Fall Apart – Quiz 23 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Things Fall Apart Quiz 23 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the name of the cult that decides cases in Umuofia? A) Hardware. B) Grandchild. C) Verse. D) Okonkwo. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hardware. 2. The advantages of indirect control are: A) This method was cheaper. B) Respected native customs. C) Both of the above. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both of the above. 3. What does the word 'proverb' mean in the context of 'Things Fall Apart'? A) A traditional dish made with yam and palm oil. B) A type of dance performed in the Igbo culture. C) A short saying or phrase that expresses a truth or wisdom about life. D) A popular festival celebrated in the village. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A short saying or phrase that expresses a truth or wisdom about life. 4. What is the definition of 'divine'? A) To describe something that is god-like. B) Able to move quickly and easily. C) Extreme pain or suffering. D) To show or display something clearly. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To describe something that is god-like. 5. My husband and I were brought together by our ..... love of computer science. A) Atoning. B) Improvident. C) Kindred. D) Capricious. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Kindred. 6. Who is the main character of the novel? A) Ekwefi. B) Obierika. C) A sex. D) Okonkwo. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Okonkwo. 7. Barely adequate; deficient in amount, quality, or extent A) Meager. B) Clambered. C) Communal. D) Wily. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Meager. 8. Sarah's ..... client insisted she work during the holidays. A) Tentative. B) Poignant. C) Benevolent. D) Exacting. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Exacting. 9. After much thought and consideration, she made a deliberate decision to pursue a different career path. What does the word 'deliberate' mean? A) A contagious disease that causes rashes. B) Done on purpose or intentional. C) Unable to do something or be effective. D) To call someone or something to come. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Done on purpose or intentional. 10. Skilled at gaining an advantage, especially deceitfully A) Cunning. B) Deceptive. C) Wily. D) Sly. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Wily. 11. What word means to make someone very angry or upset? A) Accompany. B) Brusque. C) Valediction. D) Provoke. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Provoke. 12. The country descended into anarchy after the overthrow of the government. What does the word 'anarchy' mean? A) To participate or be involved in something. B) Clever and tricky in a sneaky way. C) About to happen or occur soon. D) A situation where there is no order or authority. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A situation where there is no order or authority. 13. What makes Nwoye want to join the Christians? A) He wants to leave Igboland. B) He is attracted to the songs they sing. C) He wants to make his father angry. D) He falls in love with one of the converts. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He is attracted to the songs they sing. 14. What does Okonkwo fear most? A) The overthrow of the village elders. B) Becoming like his father. C) Confronting his father. D) Joining the missionaries. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Becoming like his father. 15. Captivating or spellbinding A) IDOLATROUS. B) IMPUDENT. C) ENTHRALLED. D) ZEALOTS. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) ENTHRALLED. 16. What is the outcome of the conflict in Chapter 22? A) The protagonist emerges victorious and resolves the main issue. B) The conflict is revealed to be a dream sequence with no real impact. C) The protagonist loses and faces dire consequences. D) The conflict is left unresolved and leads to further complications. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The protagonist emerges victorious and resolves the main issue. 17. She was too ..... to climb the stairs on her own. A) Dwell. B) Infirm. C) Delirium. D) Tremulous. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Infirm. 18. What is the definition of 'affirm'? A) To spread or scatter in many directions. B) To say yes or agree with something. C) Being forced to leave one's home. D) To make something possible or allow. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To say yes or agree with something. 19. The white men hung 5 people A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 20. What event did Obierika describe on his next visit, two years later? A) His Yam crops have burned up in a fire. B) His son, Nwoye, has died. C) The missionaries have come to Umuofia. D) The Oracle has asked Okonkwo to be returned. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The missionaries have come to Umuofia. 21. What word means a secret plan made by a group? A) Coincidence. B) Conspiracy. C) Pathetic. D) Inquire. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Conspiracy. 22. What is the definition of 'malevolent'? A) To make up for something lost or lacking. B) Having or showing a desire to cause harm. C) In-between or temporary. D) To have control or power over. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Having or showing a desire to cause harm. 23. Inflexible means ..... A) You have no arms. B) You are tired. C) You don't bend easily. D) You haven't made up your mind. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) You don't bend easily. 24. What word means to make something possible or allow? A) Requisite. B) Enable. C) Diffuse. D) Affirm. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Enable. 25. What is one reason Okonkwo is respected? A) He threw the cat. B) He beat his wife. C) He is nice to his children. D) He raises many hens. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He threw the cat. 26. What does Enoch do to provoke the rage of the clan? A) He converts Nwoye. B) He steals 200 cowry shells. C) He mutilates twins. D) He unmasks an egwugwu. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He unmasks an egwugwu. 27. What word means to make up for a mistake? A) Brusque. B) Inseparable. C) Atone. D) Intervene. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Atone. 28. What is it? "And then quite suddenly a shadow fell on the world, and the sun seemed hidden behind a thick cloud ..... But almost immediately a shout of joy broke out in all directions, and Umuofia, which had dozed in the noon-day haze, broke into life and activity." A) War. B) Locusts. C) Wrestling. D) Meeting. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Locusts. 29. The butterfly was elusive, fluttering just out of reach. What does the word 'elusive' mean? A) Hard to find or catch. B) To jump or leap with energy. C) Sharp and curved part of a bird's claw. D) An agreement or harmony between people. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hard to find or catch. 30. A man who is trying to persuade a woman to marry him A) Suitor. B) Harbinger. C) Emissary. D) Pandemonium. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Suitor. 31. A white missionary A) Ms. Smith. B) Mr. Kiaga. C) Mr. Brown. D) Mr. White. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mr. Brown. 32. Who are the egwugwu? A) Real spirits haunting the village. B) Ancestral gods, really they are masked Umuofia elders. C) Umofia women, who wear masks, and act as judges in the community. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ancestral gods, really they are masked Umuofia elders. 33. What does the word "impenetrable" mean? A) Ability to move quickly and easily. B) Properly or appropriately. C) Impossible to pass through or enter. D) To abandon someone or something. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Impossible to pass through or enter. 34. The hikers carefully ..... the steep mountain trail. A) Talon. B) Elusive. C) Entrails. D) Descend. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Descend. 35. What actually happens is the opposite of what is expected or appropriate A) Situational irony. B) Dramatic irony. C) Verbal irony. D) Motivational irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Situational irony. 36. The ..... gathered together for Sunday worship. A) Impudent. B) Congregation. C) Summon. D) Despise. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Congregation. 37. Okonkwo was a failure as a man in the village. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 38. The family sought ..... in a nearby shelter during the storm. A) Requisite. B) Banish. C) Refuge. D) Beget. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Refuge. 39. The name "Nneka, " or "Mother is Supreme, " is a common name among the Igbo people because a mother's nurturing love is respected. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 40. What is the role of women in the Igbo society as depicted in these chapters? A) Working as traders and business owners. B) Acting as warriors and leaders in the community. C) Having no specific role in the society. D) Primarily domestic, responsible for taking care of the household and children, and supporting their husbands. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Primarily domestic, responsible for taking care of the household and children, and supporting their husbands. 41. What is the definition of 'approach'? A) To feel sorry and want to change. B) The way you do something or reach a goal. C) To be rude or blunt. D) A farewell or goodbye to someone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The way you do something or reach a goal. 42. She tried to ..... her friend after the loss. A) Ultimate. B) Accompany. C) Acknowledge. D) Console. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Console. 43. The concept of the ..... is central to many religious belief systems. A) Interpret. B) Trinity. C) Parched. D) Dialect. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Trinity. 44. -the worst parts A) Malicious. B) Dregs. C) Tendrils. D) Contemptible. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dregs. 45. Which two people were inseparable A) NYMUPHER. B) Okonkwo and Nwoyo. C) Okonkwo and Ikemefuna. D) Okonkwo and Mogadishu. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) NYMUPHER. 46. The swimmer felt buoyant as he effortlessly floated on the calm water. What does the word 'buoyant' mean? A) To grow and thrive in a healthy way. B) Having a lot of something readily available. C) Able to float or float easily. D) Able to bounce back from difficulties. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Able to float or float easily. 47. What is the definition of 'perish'? A) Family or people who are related. B) To be rude or blunt. C) Difficult or hard to do. D) To die or cease to exist. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To die or cease to exist. 48. Okonkwo did this to animals for the feast. A) Raised. B) Herded. C) Slaughtered. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Slaughtered. 49. What word means able to bounce back from difficulties? A) Resilient. B) Apparent. C) Initiate. D) Sacrament. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Resilient. 50. What is the reaction of the Igbo people to the destruction of the egwugwu shrine? A) The Igbo people reacted with sadness and disappointment. B) The Igbo people reacted with indifference and apathy. C) The Igbo people reacted with joy and celebration. D) The Igbo people reacted with anger and outrage. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Igbo people reacted with anger and outrage. 51. What is Okonkwo's attitude towards his father, Unoka? A) Fear. B) Indifference. C) Disdain. D) Admiration. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Disdain. 52. Strong man full of fear and anger, beat Amalinze the Cat A) Okonkwo. B) Name. C) Cack. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Okonkwo. 53. What crop is king for the Igbo? A) Fish. B) Chicken. C) Cotton. D) Yam. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Yam. 54. The monk began to intone a solemn chant. What does the word 'intone' mean? A) To strongly dislike or hate someone/something. B) Unable to do something or be effective. C) To keep trying and never give up. D) To say something in a singing voice. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To say something in a singing voice. 55. Having Characteristics, Qualities, or Features Considered Womanly A) Audacity. B) Calamity. C) Effeminate. D) Ultimatum. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Effeminate. 56. What word means to strongly dislike or hate someone/something? A) Inhabitant. B) Despise. C) Deliberate. D) Smallpox. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Despise. 57. Wasted and weary years is an example of A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Alliteration. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Alliteration. 58. Why are Okonkwo and Ekwefi tired on the morning of the wedding? A) They stayed up the night before arguing. B) They stayed up the night before preparing a wedding gift for the bride and groom. C) They stayed up the night before following Ezinma and Chielo. D) They stayed up the night before trying to decide whether they would attend the wedding. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They stayed up the night before following Ezinma and Chielo. 59. The old tradition if you broke the week of peace was that you were ..... A) Exiled. B) Killed. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Killed. 60. What word means having a lot of something readily available? A) Buoyant. B) Resilient. C) Initiate. D) Abundant. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Abundant. ← 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