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Things Fall Apart Quiz 1

By Eddie Borey · Last reviewed March 03, 2000

1 Chinua Achebe was born and educated in

Nigeria

South Africa

Chad

Mali
2 Achebe was raised by parents who were

an Igbo priestess and medicine man

university professors

Buddhist monks

evangelical Christians
3 The novel takes place in

Johannesburg

Mbanto

Umuofia

both Umuofia and Mbanto
4 Okonkwo was born

the son of a priestess

the son of a failure

the son of a rich man

the son of a white master and African mistress
5 In his youth, Okwonko gained fame

in a clan meeting, where he argued eloquently for peace

in a wrestling match, where he beat a wrestler called the Cat

in the Festival of the New Yam, when he played the flute

in a boxing match, where he beat a boxer called the Fox
6 Okonkwo's father was named

Nwoye

Obierika

Ikemefuna

Unoka
7 Okonkwo has

two wives

four wives

one wife

three wives
8 Okonkwo is driven to extreme behaviors in part because

he is the chief of his clan

he is terrified of failure

he was abused as a child

he is a fanatical Christian
9 Okonkwo's second wife is named

Ekwefi

Obgiugi

Ezinma

Ikemefuna
10 Ikemefuna comes to live in Umuofia

as a sacrifice by made his clan, which hopes to avoid war

because his parents, who were Christian missionaries, died suddenly

because he is Okonkwo's nephew and his mother has died

none of the above
11 Ikemefuna becomes especially close with

Ekwefi

both Ekwefi and Nwoye

Ezinma

Nwoye
12 After three years, the clan commands that Ikemefuna be killed because

he has leprosy

he breaks clan law

he has the sleeping sickness

he is the sacrifice for the earth goddess
13 When a woman of Umuofia bears twins, the infants are

abandoned in the forest

worshipped as gods

thrown in the river

dedicated to the priesthood
14 When Ikemefuna is taken to be killed, Okwonko

both goes with the men and participates in Ikemefuna's execution

weeps for three days

goes with the men

participates in Ikemefuna's execution
15 The staple crop of the Igbo is

corn

yams

rice

wheat
16 Ekwefi's sorrow is that

she used to be a princess

she is secretly a Christian

her husband is cruel

she has born ten children, and nine have died
17 As a young girl, Ezinma could best be described as

manipulative and cruel

dull but kind

healthy and vivacious

precocious and charming
18 Clan religious authorities believe that Ekwefi is cursed by an ogbanje,

the ghost of a murdered adulteress

a wicked child who returns to its mother to be reborn so that it can die again

a demon who haunts old women

a cat spirit that steals children
19 The clan's important decisions are made by

consensus reached in a gathering of all the clan's men, some ten thousand in number

a king

a council of three chiefs

an empress
20 The clan's important decisions must be approved by

the Oracle of the Hills and the Caves

the high chief

Okonkwo

a king
21 Nwoye could best be described as

irritable and malicious

stupid and lazy

fierce and violent

sad and thoughtful
22 Late one night, Ezinma is taken temporarily by

the white man

Ikemefuna's ghost

the Oracle of the Hills and the Caves

Nwoye
23 The relationship between Okwonko's wives could best be described as

catty and backstabbing

sisterly and supportive

competitive and ruthless

angry and full of jealousy
24 Okonkwo's treatment of his family could best be described as

generous and rational

stern but often indulgent

stern and often violent

loving and tender
25 For certain religious festivals, men of the clan become the living vessels for important clan spirits. The rituals involve elaborate costumes and masks. These spirits are called

egwugwu

ogbanje

ozu

obi

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