Things Fall Apart Final Quiz

In the Ibo tradition, the motherland is seen as a place of

• strength

• weakness

• refuge

• punishment

Uchendu's attitude toward Okonkwo is one of

• shame

• regret

• pride

• acceptance

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

The phrase "metallic and thirsty clap" contains an example of

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• allegory

• simile

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

As he begins life among his mother's people, Okonkwo is

• angry and vengeful

• unenthusiastic and defeated

• powerless and ostracized

• humble and grateful

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CCSS.RL.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

The "ceremony of confession" places a great emphasis on

• a man's allegiance

• a woman's importance

• a bride's purity

• a criminal's punishment

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CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Uchendu's claim that, "Even a man's motherland is strange to him nowadays," is supported by the fact that

• he has never met Okonkwo before

• Amikwu's bride is from Umuofia

• the news of Abame's destruction has not reached Mbanta

• Nwoye has left to become a Christian

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Okonkwo at first believes the white man is a/n

• albino

• leper

• god

• spirit

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

The Oracle compared the white men to

• palm wine

• locusts

• iron horses

• Mother Kite

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.7

CCSS.RI.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.7

The white men and their followers most likely destroyed Abame

• to get their iron horse back

• for disobeying them

• because they could not understand the Ibo language

• to avenge a death

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CCSS.RL.1.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.K.5

Uchendu says the men of Abame were fools because

• they did not arm themselves properly

• they did not know enough about the man to justify killing him

• he has heard stories about white men with powerful guns

• everyone knows white men are an abomination

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CCSS.RL.1.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.K.5