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WorksheetsThings Fall Apart Vocab Quiz Ch. 1-6
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 18mins
Complete the quote: "He was tall but very thin and had a slight stoop. He wore a ____________ and mournful look except when he was drinking or playing on his flute"
plaintive
subdued
amiss
haggard
Complete the quote: "He could hear in his mind's ear the blood-stirring and intricate rhythms of the ekwe and the udu and the ogene, and he could hear his own flute weaving in and out of them, decorating them with a colorful and ____________ tune".
plaintive
meagre
capricious
incipient
Choose the correct term: Okonkwo was respected for his ____________ in wrestling and as a warrior.
capricious
abomination
idleness
prowess
Choose the correct term: "As charming as your mutual ____________ is, could you refrain from nudging each other and giggling during class?"
prowess
mirth
incipient
idleness
Choose the correct term to complete the quote: "...for he knew certainly that something was _________. He had discerned a clear overtone of tragedy in the crier's voice, and even now he could still hear it as it grew dimmer and dimmer in the distance."
capricious
haggard
amiss
tentative
Complete the quote: "Perhaps down in his heart Okonkwo was not a cruel man. But his whole life was dominated by fear, the fear of failure and of weakness. It was deeper and more intimate than the fear of evil and _______________ gods and of magic..."
capricious
haggard
taut
miscalculation
Choose the definition: Subdue
pulled or stretched tightly
to bring a person or group of people under control using force
recognizing you have done something wrong
a mistake or a misstep in a plan
Choose the definition: Poignant
to make reparation for a sin or mistake
made to feel angry or indignant
causing a sharp sense of sadness, pity, or regret - meaningful.
beginning to appear or develop
Complete the quote: "And so Okonkwo was ruled by one passion - to hate everything that his father Unoka had loved. One of those things was gentleness and another was __________."
prowess
poignant
idleness
arduous
Choose the definition: Atone
to make reparation for a sin or mistake
sorry, recognizing you have done something wrong
requiring hard work or continuous physical effort
beginning to appear or develop
Choose the definition: Incipient
tending to make sudden unexpected changes
beginning to appear or develop
something that is immoral, disgusting, or shameful
in a quick, smooth, and skillful way
Complete the quote: "He died of the swelling which was an ____________ to the earth goddess. When a man was afflicted with swelling in the stomach and the limbs he was not allowed to die in the house."
abomination
meagre
provoked
arduous
Complete the sentence: The _________ portion of food was not enough to feed all the homeless who arrived for help.
tentative
meagre
taut
miscalculation
Complete the sentence: One could argue the dog was ___________ into biting the man after he hit him with a stick.
repetant
haggard
prowess
provoked
Complete the quote: "Okonkwo did as the priest said...Inwardly, he was _____________. But he was not the man to go about telling his neighbors that he was in error."
atone
repentant
subdue
poignant
Choose the definition: Deftly
requiring hard work or continual effort
laziness characterized by an unwillingness to do any work
in a slow, hesitant, and careful way that reveals a lack of confidence
in a quick, smooth, and skillful way
Complete the quote: "It was a brief resting period between the exacting and ___________ planting season and the equally exacting but light-hearted month of harvests."
poignant
atone
arduous
tentative
Complete the quote: "They became ordinary human beings again, talking and laughing among themselves and with others who stood near them. The air, which had been stretched _________ with excitement, relaxed again."
taut
deftly
provoked
subdue
Complete the quote: "The two judges were already moving forward to separate them when Ikezue, now desperate, went down quickly on one knee in an attempt to fling his man backwards over his head. It was a sad ____________. Quick as the lightning of Amadiora, Okafo raised his right leg and swung it over his rival's head. The crowd burst into a thunderous roar."
deftly
atone
miscalculation
amiss
Choose the definition: Tentative
in a quick, smooth, and skillful way
in a slow, hesitant, careful way that reveals a lack of confidence
to bring a person or group under control using force
a mistake or a misstep in a plan
