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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Okonkwo considered one of the greatest men of his time?
(a) He is a wealthy farmer, the greatest wrestler, has a barn full of yams, and has three wives.
(b) He is the greatest flute player in the village.
(c) He is a sympathetic, loving father and husband.
(d) He has patience for all men, even unsuccessful ones.

2. What ultimatum is dispatched to Mbaino as a consequence of the murder of the woman from Umuofia?
(a) Choose between war or the offer of a young man and a virgin from Mbaino.
(b) The sacrificial offering of one of the daughters of Mbaino.
(c) Delivery to Umuofia a year's worth of the yam harvest as a peace offering.
(d) Deliver the head of the murderer to the people of Umuofia.

3. What does every man and his family do after the Week of Peace?
(a) Plays flutes, dances and sings before planting the crops.
(b) Gathers in the marketplace to visit with neighbors.
(c) Cuts bush to make new farms, burns the bush and flies kites over the burning fields.
(d) Has a feast to celebrate with each other.

4. Okonkwo does not fear war. In the last war he fought, he brought home a souvenir which he drank palm-wine out of. What is this souvenir?
(a) A woven, bamboo basket.
(b) A human head.
(c) A colorful, clay pot.
(d) A goatskin flask.

5. When Okonkwo was a boy, his father, Unoka, consults Agbala, the Oracle of the Hills, about why his crops always fail.. What reply did the Oracle give?
(a) That he should stay home and offer sacrifices to the gods.
(b) That Unoka has offended the gods and that is why his crop fail.
(c) That he angers his ancestors and they plague his land.
(d) That Unoka sows his yams on exhausted land rather than making the effort to clear new land.

Short Answer Questions

1. The punishment for breaking the sacred peace changes through the years. What happened to a man that broke the Week of Peace in the past?

2. When is the only time that Unkona is not haggard and mournful?

3. Anasi is Nwakibie's first wife, which makes her the ruler over the other wives of Nwakibie. She is the only wife who can wear her husband's titles. Where are the titles worn on Anasi?

4. What is Okonkwo's punishment for committing a "nso-ani" during the Week of Peace?

5. Why does Unkona's neighbor, Okoye, visit him?

(see the answer key)

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