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E3-4 Test 1

Total questions: 35

Worksheet time: 19mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
All of the following are synonyms for CORROBORATE except...
a)
verify
b)
confirm
c)
challenge
d)
authenticate
e)
None
2.
Depriving a child of dessert for misbehaving might be considered...
a)
incipient
b)
imperious
c)
voluble
d)
esoteric
e)
punitive
3.

Enter the word that is a small group of people in a specialized field.

(a)  

4.
Okonkwo scolding Nwoye for not working hard enough is an example of a....
a)
rebuke
b)
recoil
c)
dissent
d)
disparity
e)
None
5.
A standalone quotation at the beginning of a text or chapter that suggest a theme is what?
a)
allusion
b)
proverb
c)
epigraph
d)
imagery
e)
None
6.
A story that teaches a lesson and includes animals as characters is what?
a)
proverb
b)
epigraph
c)
melange
d)
esoteric
e)
folktale
7.
The protagonist or main character of Things Fall Apart is...
a)
Unoka
b)
Okonkwo
c)
Obierika
d)
Nwoye
e)
Ekwefi
8.

The setting of Things Fall Apart is

(a)  

9.
This review is an example of what before the test?
a)
melange
b)
rebuke
c)
frenzy
d)
surge
e)
harbinger
10.

Citizens may have a hard time understanding the ___________ language of the bodies of _________ like the Senate anc Court.

(a)  

11.
Thanksgiving usually includes a ___________ of food that varies by culture.
a)
harbinger
b)
melange
c)
pandemonium
d)
proverb
e)
None
12.
If something is done in a subtle or furtive way it is....
a)
punitive
b)
irredeemably
c)
audacity
d)
surreptitiously
e)
None
13.
We learn that Okonkwo had a very romantic beginning with...
a)
Ekwefi
b)
Chielo
c)
Nwoye's mother
d)
Obiageli
e)
None
14.
Who does Okonkwo wish were a boy?
a)
Ekwefi
b)
Nwoye
c)
Ezinma
d)
Ikemefuna
e)
Obiageli
15.
Okonkwo walks like he is about to pounce and his wives can hear him breathing at night. Those are examples of what characterization?
a)
Speech
b)
Thoughts
c)
Effect on Others
d)
Actions
e)
Looks
16.
A toad does not run in daytime for nothing is...
a)
Cultural relativism
b)
Folktale
c)
proverb
d)
esoteric
e)
epigraph
17.
I'd like to raise a topic that I think you might not want to discuss...I will ______ it.
a)
broach
b)
rebuke
c)
feign
d)
rebuke
18.

Check all of the members of Okonkwo's family in the list below.

a)
Ekwefi
b)
Chielo
c)
Nwoye
d)
Ezeudu
e)
Nwakibie
19.

An antonym to relegate is

a)

promote

b)
expel
c)

downgrade

d)

support

20.
If yam growing is Okonkwo's forte, he is
a)
strong
b)
loud
c)
good at it
d)
a yam himself
21.

The title Things Fall Apart uses which literary device?

a)
epigraph
b)
allusion
c)
symbolism
d)
characterization
22.
Voluble is a synonym of all of the following except
a)
talkative
b)
loquacious
c)
wordy
d)
muted
23.
When we become expert in something, our tastes grow more __________ and complex. —Blink
a)

improvident

b)

imperious

c)

voluble

d)

punitive

e)
esoteric
24.

Write the vocabulary word that best describes this scene.

(a)  

25.

Prosper means to...

a)

mutilate

b)

thrive

c)

elaborate

d)

celebrate

26.

Which character could best be described as improvident?

a)

Chielo

b)

Obierika

c)

Okonkwo

d)

Unoka

27.

Who is Okonkwo's second wife, who fell in love with him after seeing him wrestle?

(a)  

28.

Which of the following are Okonkwo's children?

a)

Ezeudu

b)

Ezinma

c)

Nwoye

d)

Ekwefi

29.

His anger _______ when Nwoye disobeyed him after already being corrected.

a)

rebuked

b)

subdued

c)

gyred

d)

surged

30.

The tornado blew into town, a ______ that sucked up anything its path before strewing it out.

a)

gyre

b)

surge

c)

cadre

d)

audacity

31.

Is Okonkwo _______ cruel or can he learn kindness?

a)

surreptitiously

b)

incipient

c)

irredeemably

d)

imperious

32.

The word dissent can be

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

33.

There was a tremendous _______ in the way that Okonkwo felt about Nwoye and Ezinma.

a)

gyre

b)

dissent

c)

anarchy

d)

disparity

34.

The state had to invalidate the test results after they received a tip about the _______ cheating.

a)

rampant

b)

voluble

c)

punitive

d)

esoteric

35.

Her _________ was unchallenged, as she won grand slam after grand slam tournament.

a)

imperious

b)

prowess

c)

prosperity

d)

harbinger

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