Things Fall Apart, Chapter 21 quiz

Questions and answers

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   Question 1. What name does Akunna give to the one supreme God his people believe made the world?

   • Agbala
   • Amadiora
   • Correct answer: Chukwu
   • Ikenga

   Akunna says his people believe in one supreme God and call Him Chukwu, who made all the world and the other gods.

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   Question 2. When Akunna presses him, where does Mr. Brown say the head of his church among men is?

   • Correct answer: In England
   • In the mission at Umuru
   • In the church at Mbanta
   • In the Native Court

   Mr. Brown first says God is the head of his church, then admits that in the earthly sense its head is in England.

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   Question 3. How does Mr. Brown encourage more people to come and learn in his school?

   • He pays each family a sum of cowries
   • He promises seed yams to new students
   • He warns parents he will report them
   • Correct answer: He gives gifts of singlets and towels

   As his arguments begin to work, Mr. Brown encourages learners with gifts of singlets and towels.

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   Question 4. What does the interpreter add on his own account during the debate?

   • Correct answer: That the white men are ruled by a queen
   • That Akunna's Ikenga is a powerful god
   • That Mr. Brown is tired and wants to go
   • That Chukwu is the same as the Holy Spirit

   When Akunna says the District Commissioner is sent by the king, the interpreter remarks that they have a queen, a small comic aside.

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   Question 5. How do the older students of Mr. Brown's school fit learning into their lives?

   • They study only on market days
   • Correct answer: They farm in the morning and study after
   • They leave their farms to their wives
   • They attend school at night by lamp

   Some learners are thirty or older; they work on their farms in the morning and go to school in the afternoon.

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   Question 6. Where has Mr. Brown just sent Nwoye when he visits Okonkwo?

   • To work as a messenger in the court
   • To serve as an interpreter in Mbanta
   • To preach in the villages near Aninta
   • Correct answer: To a training college for teachers

   Mr. Brown had just sent Nwoye, now called Isaac, to the new training college for teachers in Umuru, and hoped Okonkwo would be pleased.

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   Question 7. According to Mr. Brown, why does Akunna imagine that God must need helpers?

   • Because the oracle has told him so
   • Because his fathers worshipped many gods
   • Correct answer: Because he thinks of God as a person
   • Because the white man also uses servants

   Mr. Brown says, You should not think of Him as a person, arguing that this is why Akunna imagines God needs helpers.

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   Question 8. Which of these events actually occur in Chapter 21?

   • Mr. Brown is presented with a carved elephant tusk in a neighbouring village.

     Happened

   • Akunna agrees to be baptized after his long talks with Mr. Brown.

     Didn't happen

   • Mr. Brown builds a school and a little hospital in Umuofia.

     Happened

   • Mr. Brown has Enoch punished in public for killing the sacred python.

     Didn't happen

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   Question 9. Which of these statements about Okonkwo's return are true in Chapter 21?

   • His two daughters attract suitors and marriage talks soon begin.

     Happened

   • The whole clan holds a feast to welcome the warrior home.

     Didn't happen

   • He drives Mr. Brown away from his compound with a threat.

     Happened

   • He initiates two of his sons into the ozo society at once.

     Didn't happen

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    Question 10. What does 'zeal' mean as used in: 'Mr. Brown preached against such excess of zeal.'?

    • Fear of being punished
    • Correct answer: Intense enthusiasm
    • Love of material wealth
    • Respect for elders

    Zeal is intense enthusiasm; Mr. Brown warns converts like Enoch not to let their eagerness provoke the clan.

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    Question 11. What does 'frontal' mean as used in: 'a frontal attack on it would not succeed'?

    • Correct answer: Direct and head-on
    • Secret and patient
    • Weak and half-hearted
    • Late and unplanned

    A frontal attack is a direct, head-on one; Mr. Brown chooses the indirect route of schools and a hospital instead.

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    Question 12. What does 'prestige' mean as used in: 'it earned a new social prestige'?

    • A heavy debt that is owed
    • A fear spread by rumour
    • A law passed by the court
    • Correct answer: Respect that comes from status

    Prestige is respect based on status; the mission's link with the new administration raises its standing in Umuofia.

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