Things Fall Apart Quiz | Eight Week Quiz A

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Things Fall Apart Quiz | Eight Week Quiz A

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is used to inform all the men of the Umuofia to meet in the market place the following morning?
(a) The town crier beating on his hollow, metal ogene.
(b) A choir of people singing the message.
(c) The beating of drums in the night.
(d) A group of armed warriors.

2. 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 he angers his ancestors and they plague his land.
(c) That Unoka sows his yams on exhausted land rather than making the effort to clear new land.
(d) That Unoka has offended the gods and that is why his crop fail.

3. What ultimatum is dispatched to Mbaino as a consequence of the murder of the woman from Umuofia?
(a) The sacrificial offering of one of the daughters of Mbaino.
(b) Choose between war or the offer of a young man and a virgin from 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.

4. 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?
(a) He was dragged on the ground through the village until dead.
(b) He was tied in the village marketplace and each member of the clan spat on him.
(c) He was exiled from Umuofia, considered to be dead to all the clan.
(d) He was hanged in the marketplace for all to see.

5. Why do the people of Umuofia observe the Week of Peace?
(a) Their forefather's ordained that before they planted any crops, they have to observe a week where it is forbidden to say a harsh word to a neighbor. This honors the god of the earth, so that the crops will grow.
(b) It is a time for families to develop bonds of love and understanding, making their relationships strong.
(c) It is a week of happy celebration, dancing, and feasting with everyone in the village. It creates a peaceful, cooperative atmosphere that is supposed to last throughout the year.
(d) It is a time to set aside differences with families and neighbors, forgiving them for past offenses.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why doesn't Okonkwo have any patience with his father?

2. Okonkwo of Umuofia is the emissary of war to Mbaino. What does Mbaino give him as an offering for the murder of the woman from Umuofia?

3. What is the one passion that rules Okonkwo's life?

4. What is the shameful death Unoka endures?

5. How is the weather during the first growing season that Okonkwo starts share-cropping for Nwakibie?

(see the answer key)

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