How did the 2nd wife come to be with Okonkwo?

He won her at a wrestling match

children who died to be born again

Why is he told not to participate in Ikemefuna's killing?

Ikemefuna views him as a father

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1
How did the 2nd wife come to be with Okonkwo?
She was a mail order bride
He won her at a wrestling match
She left her first husbabnd for him
She was kidnapped
2
Ogbanjes are mutilated and thrown into the Evil Forest. How should this act be understood?
Through ethnocentrism
Through wisdom
Through Eurocentrism
Through cultural relativism
3
What is related to Oknonkwo's tragic flaw of inflexibility?
hubris
Catharsis
recognition
peripetia
4
What does Okonkwo do during the Week of Peace?
He stole a cow
He beat his wife
None of the above
He set the house on fire
5
A masquerader who impersonates one of the ancestral spirits is a(n)
chi
agbala
egwugwu
ekwe
6
At the beginning of the novel, what is Oknonkwo's situation?
He is on top of the world
his is dying
he is in the middle of his quest for being a village elder
he's just a lost soul.
7
For how long is Okonkwo exiled?
7 months
10 years
20 years
7 years
8
His exile to Mbanta is meant to teach Okonkwo
severity
compassion
nothing.
weakness
9
Why is Oknokwo disappointed in his son Nwoye?
he is like his grandfather
he is not Okonkwo's son
he is like his mother
He is a crybaby
10
Okonkwo participation in the killing can be seen as
peripetia
hubris
hamartia
catharsis
11
The stories that Nwoye is told can be compared to
philosophical reasoning
metaphyscial poetry
Biblical allusions
Greek mythology
12
Ekwefi has lost 9 children before Ezimna. Her loss can be compared to which biblical character?
Jacob
Job
Abraham
Isaac
13
What is an ogbanje?
children who died to be born again
a banjo
fathers with no teeth
mothers with black souls
14
What does Okonkwo do that he is told NOT to do?
beat his wife
kill Ikemefuna
destroy his compound
harvest early
15
What tends to rule the people?
love and understanding
ethics and morals
superstition
rational thought
16
At his exile, Okonkwo suffers a
reversal of fortune
foreboding
a flashback
setback
17
What happens to Okonkwo?
He must leave his village
He harvests his yams
Nothing
He has to repay the family
18
Why were the people excited about the locusts?
They aided in keeping parasites away
They were good to eat
They would finish the harvest
Who knows?
19
Why is he told not to participate in Ikemefuna's killing?
He just does
He has no clue
It would be a bad omen
Ikemefuna views him as a father
20
What happens at Ezuedu's funeral?
His wife is killed
His son is killed by Okonkwo
Nothing happens
His children celebrate

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Questions 20

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1
How did the 2nd wife come to be with Okonkwo?
She was a mail order bride
He won her at a wrestling match
She left her first husbabnd for him
She was kidnapped
2
Ogbanjes are mutilated and thrown into the Evil Forest. How should this act be understood?
Through ethnocentrism
Through wisdom
Through Eurocentrism
Through cultural relativism
3
What is related to Oknonkwo's tragic flaw of inflexibility?
hubris
Catharsis
recognition
peripetia
4
What does Okonkwo do during the Week of Peace?
He stole a cow
He beat his wife
None of the above
He set the house on fire
5
A masquerader who impersonates one of the ancestral spirits is a(n)
chi
agbala
egwugwu
ekwe
6
At the beginning of the novel, what is Oknonkwo's situation?
He is on top of the world
his is dying
he is in the middle of his quest for being a village elder
he's just a lost soul.
7
For how long is Okonkwo exiled?
7 months
10 years
20 years
7 years
8
His exile to Mbanta is meant to teach Okonkwo
severity
compassion
nothing.
weakness
9
Why is Oknokwo disappointed in his son Nwoye?
he is like his grandfather
he is not Okonkwo's son
he is like his mother
He is a crybaby
10
Okonkwo participation in the killing can be seen as
peripetia
hubris
hamartia
catharsis
11
The stories that Nwoye is told can be compared to
philosophical reasoning
metaphyscial poetry
Biblical allusions
Greek mythology
12
Ekwefi has lost 9 children before Ezimna. Her loss can be compared to which biblical character?
Jacob
Job
Abraham
Isaac
13
What is an ogbanje?
children who died to be born again
a banjo
fathers with no teeth
mothers with black souls
14
What does Okonkwo do that he is told NOT to do?
beat his wife
kill Ikemefuna
destroy his compound
harvest early
15
What tends to rule the people?
love and understanding
ethics and morals
superstition
rational thought
16
At his exile, Okonkwo suffers a
reversal of fortune
foreboding
a flashback
setback
17
What happens to Okonkwo?
He must leave his village
He harvests his yams
Nothing
He has to repay the family
18
Why were the people excited about the locusts?
They aided in keeping parasites away
They were good to eat
They would finish the harvest
Who knows?
19
Why is he told not to participate in Ikemefuna's killing?
He just does
He has no clue
It would be a bad omen
Ikemefuna views him as a father
20
What happens at Ezuedu's funeral?
His wife is killed
His son is killed by Okonkwo
Nothing happens
His children celebrate