MCQs - "Things Fall Apart" by Chinua Achebe
SET-1
1.
Who is the protagonist of Things Fall Apart?
A)
Okonkwo
B)
Obierika
C)
Nwoye
D)
Ekwefi
Answer:
A) Okonkwo
2.
Which ethnic group does Okonkwo belong to?
A)
Igbo
B)
Yoruba
C)
Hausa
D)
Fulani
Answer:
A) Igbo
3.
Who is Okonkwo’s father?
A)
Unoka
B)
Obierika
C)
Ikemefuna
D)
Ezeudu
Answer:
A) Unoka
4.
What does the title Things Fall Apart primarily symbolize?
A)
The fall of the British Empire in Africa
B)
The collapse of Igbo traditions due to colonialism
C)
The failure of Okonkwo’s personal life
D)
Environmental destruction
Answer:
B) The collapse of Igbo traditions due to colonialism
5.
Who is Okonkwo’s second wife?
A)
Ekwefi
B)
Nwoye
C)
Ezinma
D)
Obierika
Answer:
A) Ekwefi
6.
Who is the first white missionary to arrive in Umuofia?
A)
Reverend James Smith
B)
Mr. Kiaga
C)
Mr. Brown
D)
Mr. Smith
Answer:
C) Mr. Brown
7.
What is the punishment for accidentally killing a clansman in Umuofia?
A)
Exile for seven years
B)
Imprisonment
C)
Execution
D)
A heavy fine
Answer:
A) Exile for seven years
8.
Who is Okonkwo’s closest friend?
A)
Obierika
B)
Ekwefi
C)
Ikemefuna
D)
Nwoye
Answer:
A) Obierika
9.
What role does the oracle play in Igbo society?
A)
A sacred site for offerings
B)
A court for resolving disputes
C)
A source of prophecies and divine messages
D)
A meeting place for elders
Answer:
C) A source of prophecies and divine messages
10.
What is the primary cause of Okonkwo’s downfall?
A)
His violent nature and resistance to change
B)
His financial failures
C)
His conversion to Christianity
D)
His abandonment by his clan
Answer:
A) His violent nature and resistance to change
11.
Who is the boy given to Umuofia as part of a peace settlement?
A)
Ikemefuna
B)
Nwoye
C)
Obierika
D)
Ekwefi
Answer:
A) Ikemefuna
12.
What role do the egwugwu serve in Igbo society?
A)
Village elders who govern
B)
Priests conducting rituals
C)
Masked ancestral spirits who judge disputes
D)
Warriors defending the village
Answer:
C) Masked ancestral spirits who judge disputes
13.
Who is Okonkwo’s first wife?
A)
Ekwefi
B)
Nwoye’s mother
C)
Obierika’s sister
D)
The novel does not name her
Answer:
D) The novel does not name her (simply called as Nwoye's mother)
14.
What festival celebrates the yam harvest in Umuofia?
A)
New Yam Festival
B)
Masquerade Festival
C)
Feast of the Ancestors
D)
Harvest Festival
Answer:
A) New Yam Festival
15.
Who is Okonkwo’s eldest son?
A)
Nwoye
B)
Obierika
C)
Ikemefuna
D)
The novel does not specify
Answer:
A) Nwoye
16.
Which deity is most revered in Mbanta?
A)
Chukwu
B)
Ani (the earth goddess)
C)
Amadioha
D)
None of the above
Answer:
B) Ani
17.
What does the yam symbolize in the novel?
A)
Wealth and masculinity
B)
The clash of cultures
C)
The influence of colonialism
D)
Religious conflict
Answer:
A) Wealth and masculinity
18.
What is the broader meaning of the title Things Fall Apart?
A)
The breakdown of Igbo society under colonialism
B)
Okonkwo’s personal failures
C)
The inevitability of societal collapse
D)
All of the above
Answer:
D) All of the above
19.
What is the central theme of Things Fall Apart?
A)
The dangers of abandoning tradition
B)
The power of storytelling
C)
The benefits of colonialism
D)
The importance of individualism
Answer:
A) The dangers of abandoning tradition
20.
What does the chi symbolize in the novel?
A)
A person’s personal destiny or spirit
B)
The collective will of the clan
C)
The influence of Christianity
D)
The wrath of the gods
Answer:
A) A person’s personal destiny or spirit
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21.
What symbolizes the arrival of European colonizers?
A)
Locusts
B)
Drums
C)
The church
D)
Failed yam harvests
Answer: A) Locusts
22.
What is the name of Okonkwo’s favorite daughter, who understands his fears and
ambitions?
Obiageli
Ezinma
Ojiugo
Nkechi
Answer: B) Ezinma
23.
Why does Okonkwo despise his father, Unoka?
Unoka
was a violent man
Unoka
was lazy and in debt
Unoka
converted to Christianity
Unoka
betrayed his clan
Answer: B) Unoka was lazy and in debt
24.
What crime does Okonkwo commit during the Week of Peace?
He
kills a clansman
He
beats his wife Ojiugo
He
burns his neighbor’s farm
He
curses the gods
Answer: B) He beats his wife Ojiugo (3rd wife)
25.
How does Ikemefuna’s death affect Nwoye?
Nwoye
becomes more rebellious
Nwoye
grows closer to Okonkwo
Nwoye
joins the missionaries
Nwoye
becomes a warrior
Answer: A) Nwoye becomes more rebellious
26.
What does Okonkwo do when he accidentally kills Ezeudu’s son?
He
goes exile to Mbanta for 7 years
He
surrenders to the clan’s justice
He
commits suicide
He
blames Obierika
Answer: A) He goes exile to Mbanta for 7 years
27.
What message does the District Commissioner send after Okonkwo kills the court
messenger?
"We
shall bring justice to Umuofia"
"The
white man’s justice will prevail"
"We
shall not harm your people"
"Take
down the body"
Answer: D) "Take down the body"
28.
What literary device is used in the phrase "Living fire begets cold,
impotent ash"?
Simile
Metaphor
Foreshadowing
Irony
Answer: B) Metaphor (It
contrasts Okonkwo’s fiery spirit with his son Nwoye’s perceived weakness.)
29.
Why does Okonkwo hang himself at the end of the novel?
To
escape colonial punishment
To
protest the clan’s inaction
To
avoid dishonor and shame
To
follow Igbo tradition
Answer: C) To avoid dishonor and shame
30.
What does the kola nut symbolize in Igbo culture?
Wealth
Hospitality
and respect
War
and conflict
Religious
devotion
Answer: B) Hospitality and respect
31.
How does Mr. Brown differ from Reverend James Smith?
Mr.
Brown is more tolerant of Igbo customs
Reverend
Smith is more aggressive in converting villagers
Both
A and B
Neither—they
share the same approach
Answer: C) Both A and B
32.
What role do the osu (outcasts) play in the novel?
They
are the first to convert to Christianity
They
lead rebellions against the white men
They
serve as Okonkwo’s advisors
They
are revered as spiritual leaders
Answer: A) They are the first to convert to Christianity
33.
What does Okonkwo’s final act symbolize?
The
triumph of Igbo traditions
The
ultimate rejection of colonialism
The
tragic cost of rigid masculinity
The
inevitability of change
Answer: C) The tragic cost of rigid masculinity
34.
How does Achebe use proverbs in the novel?
To
emphasize Igbo oral tradition
To
mock colonial ignorance
To
foreshadow key events
All
of the above
Answer: D) All of the above
35.
Who is planning to write a book titled “The Pacification of the Primitive
Tribes of the Lower Niger” at the end of the novel?
District
Commissioner
Okonkwo’s
third wife
Reverend
Smith
Mr
Brown
Answer:
District Commissioner
36.How
does Okonkwo react when Nwoye converts to Christianity?
He
disowns him
He
blames himself
He
joins him secretly
He
seeks revenge on the missionaries
Answer: A) He disowns him
37.What
is the significance of the ozo title in Igbo society?
It
marks a warrior’s achievements
It
signifies high social status and wealth
It
is given to converts of Christianity
It
identifies outcasts (osu)
Answer: B) It signifies high social status and wealth
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101. What piece of land do the village elders give the missionaries for their church?
A. Farmland that has always yielded bad crops
B. A spot in the center of town so they can keep an eye on their activities
C. The area where the outcasts live
D. Part of the cursed Evil Forest
Answer: D. Part of the cursed Evil Forest
102. What happens 28 days after the church is built?
A. The missionaries have all been killed by the evil spirits
B. The missionaries and villagers share a feast
C. Because nothing bad happens to the missionaries, some villagers convert
D. The missionaries imprison the village leaders
Answer: C. Because nothing bad happens to the missionaries, some villagers convert
103. What happens when Okonkwo confronts Nwoye about his activity with the church?
A. Nwoye says nothing and leaves his father forever
B. Okonkwo beats Nwoye until he promises to give up the church
C. Nwoye converts Okonkwo
D. Nwoye accidentally wounds Okonkwo and then runs away in fear
Answer: A. Nwoye says nothing and leaves his father forever
104. Which villagers start flocking to the church and become some of its most vocal members?
A. Villagers without title and outcasts
B. Women who are second and third wives
C. Children
D. Old men
Answer: A. Villagers without title and outcasts
105. Why does Okonkwo hold a feast?
A. To win back his old allies after he returns from exile
B. To thank his mother's kinsmen before returning from exile
C. Because he had an unusually bountiful harvest that year
D. To show the Christians how a real celebration is held
Answer: B. To thank his mother's kinsmen before returning from exile
106. Why has Ezinma not married yet?
A. She waited to marry a boy she was in love with before the exile
B. She can't marry until Nwoye marries
C. Okonkwo made her wait until their return from exile
D. She can never marry because she has lived in exile
Answer: C. Okonkwo made her wait until their return from exile
107. What have the white men brought in addition to the church, school, and hospital?
A. The principles of democracy
B. A government and judicial system that overrides clan decisions
C. Television, syphilis, and machine guns
D. The slave trade
Answer: B. A government and judicial system that overrides clan decisions
108. Who is Chukwu?
A. The clan's one god
B. A prominent villager who kills one of the missionaries
C. Ezinma's new boyfriend
D. Mr. Brown's translator
Answer: A. The clan's one god
109. What happens to Mr. Brown?
A. He is killed when the villagers burn down the church
B. He decides to leave when he sees what has happened to village tradition
C. He is sent to open a church in another town
D. He falls ill and has to leave his church
Answer: D. He falls ill and has to leave his church
110. How does the clan meet Okonkwo's return?
A. With great enthusiasm
B. Somewhat indifferently
C. With hostility
D. With fear and suspicion
Answer: B. Somewhat indifferently
111. Who replaces Mr. Brown as the head of the church?
A. The District Commissioner
B. Nwoye
C. Enoch
D. Reverend James Smith
Answer: D. Reverend James Smith
112. What inflammatory thing does Enoch do?
A. He burns down the homes of the village leaders
B. He goes into the Oracle's cave and wrecks her holy relics
C. He unmasks an egwugwu, which kills an ancestral spirit
D. He flogs the village leaders when they are imprisoned
Answer: C. He unmasks an egwugwu, which kills an ancestral spirit
113. What do the villagers do in retaliation for Enoch's act?
A. Kill Reverend Smith
B. Burn down Enoch's compound and the church
C. Call a village meeting
D. Chase the white men out of town
Answer: B. Burn down Enoch's compound and the church
114. What does the District Commissioner do to the village leaders, including Okonkwo?
A. Has thrown them in jail
B. Executes them
C. Talks with them until they come to a mutually acceptable resolution
D. Forces them out of the village without their families
Answer: A. Has thrown them in jail
115. How do the villagers free the men?
A. They collectively pay a large fine
B. They all promise to convert
C. They bribe the guards to release them
D. They are ashamed of the men and do nothing
Answer: A. They collectively pay a large fine
116. What does Okonwko wear to the town meeting?
A. His ancestral spirit costume
B. The outfit he wore when he wrestled the Cat
C. White men's clothing
D. His war dress
Answer: D. His war dress
117. What does Okonkwo do at the town meeting?
A. Give a rousing speech
B. Incite the villagers to fight against the white men
C. Kill two court messengers
D. Call the villagers cowards and women
Answer: C. Kill two court messengers
118. What happens to Okonkwo after he leaves the meeting?
A. He hangs himself
B. The District Commissioner shoots him
C. Reverand James Smith convinces him to convert
D. He locks himself in his compound and dies of grief
Answer: A. He hangs himself
119. Why won't the clansmen touch Okonkwo's body and insist the white men do it?
A. They consider suicide a grave sin and that his body is now evil
B. They want the white men to understand that his death is the missionaries' fault
C. They are angry with Okonkwo because they will be imprisoned for his actions
D. They want to prove their new loyalty to the white men
Answer: A. They consider suicide a grave sin and that his body is now evil
120. What does the commissioner think after he hears Okonkwo's story?
A. He feels a pang of regret though he won't admit it
B. He dismisses Okonkwo completely
C. He thinks it might make for an interesting paragraph or two in his book
D. He realizes that the white men have made a grave mistake
Answer: C. He thinks it might make for an interesting paragraph or two in his book
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145. Ikemefuna comes to live in Umuofia
A. because his parents, who were Christian missionaries,
died suddenly
B. because he is Okonkwo's nephew and his mother has died
C. as a sacrifice by made his clan, which hopes to avoid war
D. none of the above
Answer: C. as a sacrifice by made his clan, which hopes to
avoid war
146. Ikemefuna becomes especially close with
A. Ezinma
B. Ekwefi
C. Nwoye
D. both Ekwefi and Nwoye
Answer: C. Nwoye
147. After three years, the clan commands that Ikemefuna be
killed because
A. he is the sacrifice for the earth goddess
B. he has leprosy
C. he breaks clan law
D. he has the sleeping sickness
Answer: A. he is the sacrifice for the earth goddess
148. When a woman of Umuofia bears twins, the infants are
A. dedicated to the priesthood
B. thrown in the river
C. abandoned in the forest
D. worshipped as gods
Answer: C. abandoned in the forest
149. When Ikemefuna is taken to be killed, Okwonko
A. weeps for three days
B. participates in Ikemefuna's execution
C. both goes with the men and participates in Ikemefuna's
execution
D. goes with the men
Answer: C. both goes with the men and participates in
Ikemefuna's execution
150. The staple crop of the Igbo is
A. wheat
B. yams
C. rice
D. corn
Answer: B. yams
151. Ekwefi's sorrow is that
A. she has born ten children, and nine have died
B. she used to be a princess
C. her husband is cruel
D. she is secretly a Christian
Answer: A. she has born ten children, and nine have died
152. As a young girl, Ezinma could best be described as
A. healthy and vivacious
B. precocious and charming
C. manipulative and cruel
D. dull but kind
Answer: B. precocious and charming
153. Clan religious authorities believe that Ekwefi is
cursed by an ogbanje,
A. a wicked child who returns to its mother to be reborn so
that it can die again
B. a cat spirit that steals children
C. a demon who haunts old women
D. the ghost of a murdered adulteress
Answer: A. a wicked child who returns to its mother to be
reborn so that it can die again
154. The clan's important decisions are made by
A. consensus reached in a gathering of all the clan's men,
some ten thousand in number
B. a council of three chiefs
C. a king
D. an empress
Answer: A. consensus reached in a gathering of all the
clan's men, some ten thousand in number
155. The clan's important decisions must be approved by
A. the high chief
B. a king
C. Okonkwo
D. the Oracle of the Hills and the Caves
Answer: D. the Oracle of the Hills and the Caves
156. Nwoye could best be described as
A. fierce and violent
B. sad and thoughtful
C. stupid and lazy
D. irritable and malicious
Answer: B. sad and thoughtful
157. Late one night, Ezinma is taken temporarily by
A. the white man
B. the Oracle of the Hills and the Caves
C. Ikemefuna's ghost
D. Nwoye
Answer: B. the Oracle of the Hills and the Caves
158. The relationship between Okwonko's wives could best
be described as
A. competitive and ruthless
B. angry and full of jealousy
C. catty and backstabbing
D. sisterly and supportive
Answer: D. sisterly and supportive
159. Okonkwo's treatment of his family could best be
described as
A. loving and tender
B. stern but often indulgent
C. stern and often violent
D. generous and rational
Answer: C. stern and often violent
160. For certain religious festivals, men of the clan
become the living vessels for important clan spirits. The rituals involve
elaborate costumes and masks. These spirits are called
A. egwugwu
B. ozu
C. ogbanje
D. obi
Answer: A. egwugwu
Things
Fall Apart (1–100)- KEY Q.No A Q.No A Q.No A Q.No A Q.No A 1 A 2 A 3 A 4 B 5 A 6 C 7 A 8 A 9 C 10 A 11 A 12 C 13 D 14 A 15 A 16 B 17 A 18 D 19 A 20 A 21 C 22 B 23 B 24 B 25 A 26 A 27 D 28 B 29 C 30 B 31 C 32 A 33 C 34 D 35 A 36 A 37 B 38 C 39 D 40 B 41 A 42 D 43 B 44 A 45 B 46 C 47 B 48 A 49 C 50 D 51 B 52 A 53 C 54 B 55 C 56 D 57 A 58 C 59 B 60 D 61 B 62 C 63 B 64 D 65 B 66 A 67 B 68 D 69 C 70 D 71 B 72 C 73 D 74 A 75 B 76 D 77 B 78 A 79 B 80 B 81 B 82 A 83 D 84 C 85 C 86 A 87 D 88 C 89 B 90 D 91 D 92 C 93 A 94 B 95 A 96 B 97 A 98 C 99 C 100 D Things
Fall Apart (101–160)- KEY Q.No A Q.No A Q.No A Q.No A Q.No A 101 D 102 C 103 A 104 A 105 B 106 C 107 B 108 A 109 D 110 B 111 D 112 C 113 B 114 A 115 A 116 D 117 C 118 A 119 A 120 C 121 C 122 D 123 A 124 B 125 C 126 D 127 B 128 C 129 D 130 A 131 A 132 C 133 B 134 A 135 D 136 B 137 C 138 D 139 C 140 B 141 D 142 C 143 C 144 A 145 C 146 C 147 A 148 C 149 C 150 B 151 A 152 B 153 A 154 A 155 D 156 B 157 B 158 D 159 C 160 A
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