This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > African Literature > Things Fall Apart > Things Fall Apart – Quiz 8 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Things Fall Apart Quiz 8 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the significance of the Week of Peace? A) It is a period of fasting. B) It is a time for forgiveness. C) It is a time of celebration. D) It is a time for war. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It is a time for forgiveness. 2. What does the word "Manifest" mean? A) Likely to be understood by only a small number of people with a specialized knowledge. B) Obviously seen/able to be sensed. C) To abandon someone or something. D) Physical strength and good help. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Obviously seen/able to be sensed. 3. Paves the way for his own greatness A) A letter to someone important. B) A driveway. C) Helps himself become great. D) A sidewalk. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Helps himself become great. 4. The emissary delivered the important message to the king. What does the word 'emissary' mean? A) Just beginning or starting to happen. B) To make up for something lost or lacking. C) A person sent to represent someone else. D) Doing well and being successful in life. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A person sent to represent someone else. 5. Something that causes great horror A) Abomination. B) Rebuke. C) Meagre. D) Valediction. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Abomination. 6. Grew up in ..... town (ethnic group) A) Hutu. B) Tutsi. C) Igbo. D) Rwandan. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Igbo. 7. Hyperbole is ..... A) Formal language. B) Of the highest quality or degree. C) Exaggerated statements not to be taken literally. D) Informal language. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Exaggerated statements not to be taken literally. 8. The company will appoint an ..... CEO until a permanent replacement is found. A) Compensate. B) Malevolent. C) Ultimatum. D) Interim. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Interim. 9. What is the definition of 'mirth'? A) A situation where there is no order or authority. B) Clever and tricky in a sneaky way. C) A wild and noisy chaos or uproar. D) Feeling happy and laughing a lot. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Feeling happy and laughing a lot. 10. The jury decided to condemn the defendant for his crimes. What does the word 'condemn' mean? A) A safe place where you can hide. B) To create or bring into existence. C) To say something or someone is wrong. D) To spread or scatter in many directions. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To say something or someone is wrong. 11. Lacking strength and vitality because of sickness or age A) Arduous. B) Infirm. C) Vigor. D) Pandemonium. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Infirm. 12. The ill fated lad was called A) Grandchild. B) Okonkwo. C) Cack. D) Name. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cack. 13. Which of the following is not a status symbol in Igbo culture? A) Lots of yams. B) Lots of tattoos. C) Lots of wives. D) Lots of titles. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lots of tattoos. 14. She demonstrated great valor by rushing into the burning building to save trapped children. What does the word 'valor' mean? A) Strong anger or rage. B) Showing courage and bravery in difficult situations. C) To make someone leave a place. D) To argue or disagree about something. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Showing courage and bravery in difficult situations. 15. She was filled with deceit, lying to everyone around her. What does the word 'deceit' mean? A) Lying or tricking someone on purpose. B) Very thirsty and in need of water. C) To hold someone's attention and interest. D) To make fun of or mock someone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lying or tricking someone on purpose. 16. Eldest son of Okonkwo A) Obierika. B) Crush. C) Name. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Name. 17. Who does Okonkwo beat during the week of peace? A) Uncle. B) Crush. C) Nwoye's mother. D) Buckle. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Uncle. 18. Where did Okonkwo go after being exiled from his home? A) New York. B) Back to his home. C) To his "motherland". D) To his "fatherland". Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To his "motherland". 19. Why did Okonkwo hate his father? A) He was lazy. B) He had a lot of money. C) He was never home. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He was lazy. 20. What word means very, very bad or unpleasant? A) Afflict. B) Inflexible. C) Despair. D) Abominable. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Abominable. 21. The office was cluttered, except for a ..... number of documents on the desk. A) Talon. B) Harbinger. C) Elusive. D) Sparse. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sparse. 22. With which of Okonkwo's children does he have the strongest connection? A) Name. B) Crush. C) Cack. D) Ekwefi. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Crush. 23. When the narrator is not in a story; knows the thoughts of one character or a small group; 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: B) Third person limited point of view. 24. Ikemefuna's true family is comprised of ..... A) A mother, father and older sister. B) A mother, father and younger brother. C) A mother, father and younger sister. D) A mother and father. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A mother, father and younger sister. 25. What land did the rulers of Mbanta offer the missionaries? A) They refused to give them any land. B) The land right next to Okonkwo's compound. C) The land of the Evil Forest. D) The land by the dangerous red river. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The land of the Evil Forest. 26. What is one of the major themes in 'Things Fall Apart'? A) Technology and Innovation. B) Custom and Tradition. C) Assimilation and Integration. D) Individualism and Independence. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Custom and Tradition. 27. Who is it? "'Since I survived that year, ' he always said, 'I shall survive anything.' He put it down to his inflexible will. A) Okonkwo. B) Grandchild. C) Name. D) Cack. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Okonkwo. 28. How does Okonkwo view weakness in individuals? A) As a virtue to be celebrated. B) As a trait to be despised. C) As a sign of intelligence. D) As a strength to be admired. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) As a trait to be despised. 29. The title "Things Fall Apart" is a(n) ..... to a W.B.Yeats poem entitled 'The Second Coming", of which Achebe include a stanza as a lead-in to the story. A) Simile. B) Allusion. C) Oxymoron. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Allusion. 30. She couldn't help but ..... him for his deceitful actions. A) Deliberate. B) Gospel. C) Smallpox. D) Despise. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Despise. 31. They had to engage in a thoughtful discussion on the topic. What does the word 'engage' mean? A) Not good at saving or planning. B) To participate or be involved in something. C) Complicated and detailed, not simple. D) To agree or be in harmony. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To participate or be involved in something. 32. The ..... ruler demanded unquestioning obedience from his subjects. A) Perpetual. B) Incipient. C) Imperious. D) Anxiety. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Imperious. 33. How many years does Ikemefuna stay with Okonkwo? A) 3. B) 7. C) 5. D) 9. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 3. 34. The country experienced a period of economic prosperity after implementing new policies. What does the word 'prosperity' mean? A) A final demand before consequences happen. B) Acting or changing unpredictably without reason. C) Acting bossy or like a ruler. D) Doing well and being successful in life. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Doing well and being successful in life. 35. The storm began to subside, and the winds gradually calmed down. What does the word 'subside' mean? A) Something interesting or impressive to watch. B) To become less active or intense. C) Looking tired, thin, and exhausted. D) Feeling happy and laughing a lot. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To become less active or intense. 36. The flowers began to wither after they were not watered for several weeks. What does the word 'wither' mean? A) To become dry and shriveled. B) Very little. C) A hole in the ground for burial. D) Full and healthy growth or development. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To become dry and shriveled. 37. The Christians reached out to those who were somehow ostracized or looked as as cursed by the other villagers. Why did Nneka join the Christians? A) Because she was a leper, and the Christians excepted her. B) Because she had lost 12 children in childbirth and was considered cursed. C) Because she was an osu. D) Because she had lost four sets of twins. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Because she had lost four sets of twins. 38. What is the meaning of incipient? A) Something that you dislike and disapprove of. B) Great ability or skill:. C) Just beginning to appear or develop. D) (of amounts or numbers) very small or not enough. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Just beginning to appear or develop. 39. The student delivered a heartfelt ..... at the graduation ceremony. A) Perish. B) Inseparable. C) Valediction. D) Demonstrate. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Valediction. 40. She learned how to wield a sword with precision and skill. What does the word 'wield' mean? A) A special religious ritual or ceremony. B) Thinking you are better than others. C) To hold and use a tool or weapon. D) Something that seems true or real. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To hold and use a tool or weapon. 41. What did Okonkwo fear? A) War and love. B) Failure and weakness. C) Anxiety and success. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Failure and weakness. 42. A Final Demand, Order, or Command A) Intricate. B) Ultimatum. C) Abomination. D) Capricious. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ultimatum. 43. What word means family or people who are related? A) Contradict. B) Kindred. C) Atone. D) Intervene. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Kindred. 44. What word means to feel sorry and want to change? A) Intervene. B) Atone. C) Repent. D) Arduous. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Repent. 45. Explain the conflict between Okonkwo and Nwoye in Chapter 5. A) Okonkwo's respect for Nwoye's choices. B) Okonkwo's love for Nwoye. C) Nwoye's desire to become a warrior. D) Nwoye's attraction to the new Christian religion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nwoye's attraction to the new Christian religion. 46. She wanted to dispose of the old furniture. What does the word 'dispose' mean? A) To have fun and celebrate joyfully. B) To get rid of or throw away. C) To recognize or admit the existence of something. D) In this way. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To get rid of or throw away. 47. What word means made or shaped, often by hand? A) Breadth. B) Wrought. C) Waver. D) Perplex. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wrought. 48. Which characters are the antithesis of each other? A) Personalfuna and Merry. B) Hard and he or she wants. C) No. D) NYWAY and the unus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) No. 49. Author's feelings or attitude about his/her subject A) Motivation. B) Point of view. C) Symbol. D) Tone. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tone. 50. The rulers of Mbanta refused to give the missionaries any land. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 51. What is Unoka's relationship with Okonkwo like? A) They have a close and supportive relationship. B) They are distant, and Okonkwo despises his father. C) They work together on the farm. D) They collaborate on community projects. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They are distant, and Okonkwo despises his father. 52. What is the definition of 'disperse'? A) Loyalty or support to a person or group. B) A contagious disease that causes rashes. C) To spread or scatter in different directions. D) Unable to do something or be effective. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To spread or scatter in different directions. 53. Chapter 11 tells part of the story from a different character's perspective. Which character gets the focus? A) Obierika. B) Name. C) Cack. D) Ekwefi. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ekwefi. 54. What is the definition of 'tentative'? A) The very best or highest possible. B) Trying something uncertain or not definite. C) To bring under control or conquer. D) In this way. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Trying something uncertain or not definite. 55. Who wrote the novel "things fall apart" A) Deon Meyer. B) James' James. C) Chinua Achebe. D) Chimamanda Leather Add. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Chinua Achebe. 56. Who colonized the Igbo people? A) Spaniards. B) Dutch. C) British. D) Portuguese. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) British. 57. What were the repercussions of Okonkwo's actions upon his return to Umuofia? A) Prosperity, leadership role in the village. B) Celebration, reconciliation with the missionaries. C) Peaceful resolution, acceptance by the community. D) Increased tension, conflicts with missionaries, tragic downfall. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Increased tension, conflicts with missionaries, tragic downfall. 58. What is the name of the young man who stays with Okonkwo? A) Crush. B) Name. C) Cack. D) Obierika. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cack. 59. Requiring hard work or continuous physical effort A) Deftly. B) Arduous. C) Provoked. D) Taut. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Arduous. 60. Discuss the theme of change and tradition in these chapters. A) The theme of tradition and tradition. B) The theme of stability and change. C) The theme of continuity and innovation. D) The theme of change and tradition. 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