Deck 2: Arrow of God - Chinua Achebe

Question 1

Arrow of God portrays the conflict between what?

A)Traditional culture and colonial presence
B)The ethnic groups in Nigeria
C)God and Evil
D)Ezeulu and Nwaka

Answer 1

Traditional culture and colonial presence

Question 2

Which one of Ezeulu's son became attracted to the religion of Christianity and the evangelical teachings of John Goodcountry?

A)Edogo
B)Obika
C)Oduche
D)Nwafo

Answer 2

Obika

Question 3

What is the name of the British Colonial policy Winterbottom is tasked with enforcing in Arrow of God

A)Direct Rule
B)Development
C)Protectorship
D)Indirect Rule

Answer 3

Indirect Rule

Question 4

What is done to the Chief Priest after his death?

A)He is mummified
B)He is decapitated and his head put in the sacred compound
C)He is burnt in front of all Umuaro
D)He is buried by his oldest son

Question 5

Why is Ezeulu convinced that Umuaro has no rightful claim in the land dispute with Okpri?

A)Because his mother told him the land originally belonged to Okperi
B)Because he is from Okperi and knows the land belongs to them
C)Because his father told him the land originally belonged to Okperi
D)Because he sold Okperi the land

Question 6

What is the symbol that signifies peace in Arrow of God

A)Palm wine
B)White clay
C)Kolanut
D)Python

Question 7

What sacred animal is imprisoned by Oduche in Arrow of God?

A)A rattlesnake
B)A python
C)A tiger
D)Anaconda

Question 8

What ceremony marks the start of harvest in Arrow of God?

A)Festival of the Pumpkin Leaves
B)New Moon Feast
C)New Yam Feast
D)Festival of Palms

Question 9

What does Akukalia do that leads to war with Okperi?

A)He flirts with Ebo's wife
B)He refused to eat a Kolanut offered to him
C)He gives the people of Okperi a Palm Frond
D)He destroys Ebo'sIkenga

Question 10

What is the name of the church catechist in Arrow of God?

A)Moses Goodcountry
B)John Clark
C)John Goodcountry
D)John Wildcountry

Question 11

Who agreed to go with Ezeulu at Okperi?

A)Nwaka
B)OkekeOnenyi
C)Nwabueze
D)Nwafo

Question 12

Okeke is Ezuele's ____

A)second son, a servant in the white compound
B)Half-brother, a medicine man
C)half-brother, a convert to the white man's religion
D)father, a mask-carver

Question 13

What traditional, ritual circumstance prevents Ezeulu from giving Umuaro permission to harvest the yam crop?

A)Obika's death renders the yam harvest impure, and therefore not to be eaten.
B)He has not eaten the ritual yams left over from the last harvest.
C)Obika ate the ritual yams left over from the last harvest instead of him.
D)He ate the ritual yams left over from the last harvest too quickly.

Question 14

What are the differences between how Ezeulu and Obika are treated by Tony Clarke, and how they are treated by John Nwodika?

A)Clarke treats Ezeulu and Obika as guests: Nwodika treats them as prisoners.
B)Clarke treats Ezeulu and Obika as ambassadors: Nwodika treats them as invaders.
C)Clarke treats Ezeulu and Obika as slaves: Nwodika treats them as conquerors.
D)Clarke treats Ezeulu and Obika as prisoners: Nwodika treats them as guests.

Question 15

What is Ezeulu's response to Winterbottom's order that he visit the British compound?

A)He agrees with Akuebue's idea to send Oduche in his place.
B)He says he will be happy to go.
C)He says the British can come to him.
D)He decides to send Akuebue in his place.

Question 16

What is the cause of Obika's death?

A)He dies after drinking too much and over-exerting himself sexually with his wife.
B)He dies after drinking too much and over-exerting himself in a ritual.
C)He dies after an argument with Ezeulu and over-exerting himself in a ritual.
D)He dies after an argument with Edogo and over-exerting himself while hunting.

Question 17

Which character maintains his friendship with Ezeulu in spite of Ezeulu's apparent stubbornness?

A)Abueke.
B)Winterbottom.
C)Goodcountry.
D)Unachukwu.

Question 18

What new responsibility does Winterbottom decide to give Ezeulu?

A)Winterbottom decides to make Ezeulu Tony Clarke's personal servant.
B)Winterbottom decides to make Ezeulu an assistant to John Wright
C)Winterbottom decides to make Ezeulu his personal servant.
D)Winterbottom decides to make Ezeulu a warrant chief

Question 19

How did Ulu come to be the chief god of Umuaro?

A)When Umuaro's six villages united into one community, Ulu himself came into being.
B)When Ezeulu's father became high priest of Umuaro, he decreed that the namesake child of the goddess Ulu was to be the chief god of the community.
C)When Umuaro's six villages united into one community, Ulu won a battle of several gods to claim Umuaro as his territory.
D)When Ezeulu became high priest of Umuaro, he decreed that Ulu was to be the community's chief god.

Question 20

Which character is "visited" by the voice of the god Ulu?

A)Akuebue.
B)Ezeulu.
C)Oduche.
D)Obika.

Question 21

What is the primary factor in Clarke's decision to release Ezeulu?

A)Orders from Winterbottom that there are to be no more "Warrant Chiefs".
B)Orders from higher up that there are to be no more "Warrant Chiefs".
C)They have found someone else to be the area's Warrant Chief.
D)His realization that the Warrant Chief program is morally wrong, and that

Question 22

Who is Okuata?

A)Akuebue's bride.
B)Obika's bride.
C)Ezeulu's daughter.
D)Obika's mother. 12 gone

Question 23

What action of John Wright's triggers conflict within the African workers on the road construction project?

A)He refuses to give the African workers as much of a raise as he gives the white workers.
B)He whips Obika.
C)He interrupts a prayer meeting.
D)He whips Moses Unachukwu.

Question 24

Who accompanies Ezeulu on his return to Umuaro?

A)John Nwodika.
B)Tony Clarke.
C)Edogo.
D)Moses Unachukwu.

Question 25

What is unusual about the roadside sacrifice discovered by Clarke and his assistant?

A)It contains a Bible.
B)It contains a piece of African gold.
C)It contains a British military uniform.
D)It contains a British coin.

Question 26

Which character offers comfort and support to Ezeulu after he has been imprisoned by Tony Clarke?

A)John Wright.
B)Captain Winterbottom.
C)Unuchukwu.
D)John Nowodika.

Question 27

Who is Wintabota?

A)Winterbottom, the head of the white colonial government
B)An ambassador from the white colonial government to Umuaro: Wintabota is the sacred name given to him by Ezeulu.
C)The head of the white controlled church: his actual name is Winterbottom.
D)The head of the white colonial government: his actual name is Weatherbottom.

Question 28

Who suggests to Ezeulu that he has been too hard on Obika?

A)His senior wife Ugoye.
B)His friend Akuebue.
C)His rival Nwaka.
D)His eldest son Nwafo.

Question 29

What sacred animal is imprisoned by Oduche, and why?

A)A python: Oduche has been told by the white Christians that all snakes, including pythons, are evil.
B)A boa constrictor: Oduche has been told by Obika that keeping a constrictor prisoner will keep the village safe.
C)A rattlesnake: Oduche has been told by the white Christians that all snakes, including rattlesnakes, are evil.
D)A python: Oduche has been told by his father that all snakes, including pythons, are dangerous.

Question 30

What are the differences between John Goodcountry and Moses Unachukwu?

A)Goodcountry is white and British: Unachukwu is black and African.
B)Goodcountry is black and British: Unachukwu is black and African.
C)Goodcountry is white and a Christian: Unachukwu is black and a Muslim.
D)Goodcountry is white and African: Unachukwu is black and African.

Question 31

Who does Tony Clarke have over for dinner?

A)His commanding officer: Winterbottom.
B)His commanding officer: John Wright.
C)His assistant, Winterbottom.
D)His friend and ally Ezeulu.

Question 32

What relative of Ezeulu's seems to have a presence in his dream?

A)His father.
B)His half-brother.
C)His mother.
D)His dying son.

Question 33

What is the focus of the ritual performed in Chapter Seventeen?

A)Children honoring the spirits of their dead parents.
B)Widowers honoring the spirits of their dead wives.
C)Farmers honoring the spirits of their dead animals.
D)Widows honoring the spirits of their dead husbands.

Question 34

What seems to be the purpose of the Festival of New Pumpkin Leaves?

A)To celebrate the return of men from war with Okperi.
B)To cleanse the village of evil.
C)To celebrate the harvest of yams.
D)To cleanse the village of Ezeulu's influence.

Question 35

Which of Ezeulu's sons does he think is likely to replace him as high priest?

A)Obika.
B)Matefi.
C)Nwafo.
D)Obiageli.

Question 36

Arrow of God is set in

A)Tanzania
B)Zanzibar
C)Nigeria
D)Zaire

Question 37

Arrow of God won the first ever

A)Jock Campbell Prize for African Writing
B)Cecil B. Rhodes Scholarship Award
C)John Reilly Award for Commonwealth Writing
D)The African Laureate Award

Question 38

War between Umuaro and Okperi is settled by _____________.

A)white men
B)the natives
C)a court of law
D)the defeat of Okperi

Question 39

Arrow of God takes place in a village called

A)Igbo
B)Johannesburg
C)Okperi
D)Umuaro