No Longer at Ease Quizzes

No Longer at Ease Quiz 1

By Kristen Osborne-Bartucca · Edited by Aaron Suduiko · Last reviewed June 04, 2015

1 What year was the novel written?

1960

1970

1900

1950
2 The novel is set in the

1910s

1900s

1950s

1960s
3 The action of the novel takes place in

Rwanda

America

England

Nigeria
4 The novel is part of Achebe's ______ Trilogy.

Igbo

Okonkwo

African

Hero
5 Obi is the _________ of the main character in Things Fall Apart.

nephew

grandson

son

grandfather
6 The judge lambasts someone for

laughing

coughing

being late

talking sarcastically
7 Mr. Green thinks all Africans are

lazy

corrupt

stupid

mean
8 After his case is lost, the Union decides to

retailiate against Obi

leave Obi to his own devices

still help Obi

censure Obi
9 What did the Union want Obi to become?

A laywer

A minister

A member of the senior service

A doctor
10 Obi studies

History

Religion

English

Physics
11 Obi's father is all of the following EXCEPT

rather well-to-do

a man of action

Christian

obsessed with the written word
12 Obi always associates Lagos with

dirt

quiet

electric lights

gardens
13 When they first meet, Joseph talks to Obi mostly about

the white man

girls

cars

work
14 What is Clara's profession?

Secretary

Dancer

Nurse

Student
15 Clara can best be described as

immature

aloof

shy

friendly
16 Obi describes Ikoyi as a/an

graveyard

wasteland

temple

spectacle
17 Obi's first mistake upon his return concerns

his clothing

his attitude

his speech

his car
18 Who fascinates Obi at the Palm Grove?

The waiter

Dancers

An old Englishwoman

A few girls
19 The Hon. Sam Okoli is described as

cruel

handsome

shy

elderly
20 Obi and the chairman at his interview discuss

Graham Greene

A.E. Houseman

T.S. Eliot

W.H. Auden
21 Obi sees tragedy as

an impossibility

endless and mundane

dramatic

like a suicide
22 Obi shows how out of touch he is

on the ship back to Lagos

on the mammy-wagon drive

at his job

at the dances
23 What makes Obi uncomfortable?

When he has to speak English to the English

When he cannot speak Ibo with another African

When he blends Ibo and English

When he speaks Ibo to his own people
24 What do all the old men bring out at Obi's reception?

Palm nuts

Pine nuts

Almonds

Kola nuts
25 Odogwu says greatness is in

all Nigerians

the village of Umuofia

the things of the white man

education

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