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Things Fall Apart Vocab Quiz Ch. 1-6

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 18mins

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Class
Date
1.

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"

a)

plaintive

b)

subdued

c)

amiss

d)

haggard

2.

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".

a)

plaintive

b)

meagre

c)

capricious

d)

incipient

3.

Choose the correct term: Okonkwo was respected for his ____________ in wrestling and as a warrior.

a)

capricious

b)

abomination

c)

idleness

d)

prowess

4.

Choose the correct term: "As charming as your mutual ____________ is, could you refrain from nudging each other and giggling during class?"

a)

prowess

b)

mirth

c)

incipient

d)

idleness

5.

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."

a)

capricious

b)

haggard

c)

amiss

d)

tentative

6.

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..."

a)

capricious

b)

haggard

c)

taut

d)

miscalculation

7.

Choose the definition: Subdue

a)

pulled or stretched tightly

b)

to bring a person or group of people under control using force

c)

recognizing you have done something wrong

d)

a mistake or a misstep in a plan

8.

Choose the definition: Poignant

a)

to make reparation for a sin or mistake

b)

made to feel angry or indignant

c)

causing a sharp sense of sadness, pity, or regret - meaningful.

d)

beginning to appear or develop

9.

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 __________."

a)

prowess

b)

poignant

c)

idleness

d)

arduous

10.

Choose the definition: Atone

a)

to make reparation for a sin or mistake

b)

sorry, recognizing you have done something wrong

c)

requiring hard work or continuous physical effort

d)

beginning to appear or develop

11.

Choose the definition: Incipient

a)

tending to make sudden unexpected changes

b)

beginning to appear or develop

c)

something that is immoral, disgusting, or shameful

d)

in a quick, smooth, and skillful way

12.

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."

a)

abomination

b)

meagre

c)

provoked

d)

arduous

13.

Complete the sentence: The _________ portion of food was not enough to feed all the homeless who arrived for help.

a)

tentative

b)

meagre

c)

taut

d)

miscalculation

14.

Complete the sentence: One could argue the dog was ___________ into biting the man after he hit him with a stick.

a)

repetant

b)

haggard

c)

prowess

d)

provoked

15.

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."

a)

atone

b)

repentant

c)

subdue

d)

poignant

16.

Choose the definition: Deftly

a)

requiring hard work or continual effort

b)

laziness characterized by an unwillingness to do any work

c)

in a slow, hesitant, and careful way that reveals a lack of confidence

d)

in a quick, smooth, and skillful way

17.

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."

a)

poignant

b)

atone

c)

arduous

d)

tentative

18.

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."

a)

taut

b)

deftly

c)

provoked

d)

subdue

19.

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."

a)

deftly

b)

atone

c)

miscalculation

d)

amiss

20.

Choose the definition: Tentative

a)

in a quick, smooth, and skillful way

b)

in a slow, hesitant, careful way that reveals a lack of confidence

c)

to bring a person or group under control using force

d)

a mistake or a misstep in a plan