POLYTECHNIC TRB - ENGLISH


Arrow of God by Chinua Achebe

Q no: 1 to 10:


Q no: 11 to 20:


Q no: 21 to 25:


Q:1) Who wrote the Arrow of God?

A:) P.K. Page

B:) Wole Soyinka

C:) Wilfered Campbell

D:) Chinua Achebe

Correct: D

 

Q:2) Arrow of God was a/an __________.

A:) Prose

B:) Essay

C:) Novel

D:) Critical Notes

Correct: C

 

Q:3) Arrow of God is referred to as African Trilogy, was published in ________.

A:) 1958

B:) 1960

C:) 1964

D:) 1966

Correct: C   

 

Q:4) Arrow of God is the work set in ____________.

A:) Quebec

B:) Igboland

C:) Umuofia

D:) Arrow

Correct: B

Q:5) Which is the common ideas of all the three African Trilogy

A:) Colonial presence and shifting times

B:) A search for the relatives

C:) Navigation to England and America 

D:) Oppression of South Asian countries

Correct: A

 

Q:6) Which of the following is the supreme god of Igbo?   

A:) Chukwu

B:) Umuaro

C:) Yoruba

D:) Ibos

Correct: A 

 

Q:7) In the beginning of the novel Arrow of God, what did Ezeulu look for signs in the sky?

A:) Star

B:) New moon

C:) The sun

D:) Venus

Correct: B

 

Q:8) In young age, Ezeulu never tired of playing one game. Which of the following is answer for the name of game?

A:) Wrestling

B:) arm wrestling

C:) Soccer

D:) Cricket

Correct: B

Q:9) In the novel Arrow of God, Ezeulu was the chief priest of _______.

A:) Ulu

B:) Okberi

C:) Umofia

D:) Wintolu

Correct: A

 

Q:10) He beat his Ogene GOME GOME GOME…..and immediately children’s voice took up the news on all sides. In this line, Ogene is _______

A:) a whistle

B:) High pitch voice

C:) a musical instrument

D:) a tool for agriculture

Correct:  C

 

Q:11) Who is the youngest son of Ezeulu in the novel Arrow of God?

A:) Nwaka

B:) Obika

C:) Nwafo

D:) Oduche

Correct: C 

 

Q:12) Who is the senior wife of  of Ezeulu in the novel Arrow of God?

A:) Matefi

B:) Ugoye

C:) Akueke

D:) Ezidemili

Correct: A

Q:13) Who is the mother of Oduche, Nwafo, and Obiaageli in Arrow of God?

A:) Matefi

B:) Ugoye

C:) Akueke

D:) Ezidemili

Correct: B

 

Q:14) The festival of the Pumbkin Leaves would fall on the third ________ from that day.

A:) Oye

B:) Afo

C:) Nkwo

D:) Eke

Correct: C

 

Q:15) Who will become Ezeulu’s  successor as Chief Priest in Future?  

A:) Nwaka

B:) Obika

C:) Nwafo

D:) Oduche

Correct: C

 

Q:16) What are the most dangers in the farm? To escape from the danger people are thanked in the prayer.

A:) Bite of a snake and bite of the scorpion

B:) Crops are destroyed by the Elephants

C:) Bite of the grasshopper

D:) Bite of the lion and other wild animal

Correct:  A

Q:17) What will they sacrifice to ulu when the villagers may increase counting of the villages?

A:) cow

B:) chicken

C:) goat

D:) elephant

Correct: A

 

Q:18) Who is the first wife of Ezeulu in Arrow of God?

A:) Matefi

B:) Ugoye

C:) Akueke

D:) Okuata

Correct: D

 

Q:19) Who was the mother of Adeze, Edogo, and Akueke in Arrow of God?

A:) Matefi

B:) Ugoye

C:) Akueke

D:) Okuata

Correct: D

 

Q:20) Who was one of the handsome young men in Umuaro and all the surrounding districts?

A:) Nwaka

B:) Obika

C:) Nwafo

D:) Edogo

Correct: B

Q:21) Why did Obika come  very close to committing murder, when he heard the issue from his half-sister?

A:) His half sister Akueke made complaint against her husband, who tortured her.

B:) Akueke made complaint against a man who has tried to rape

C:) Akueke was beaten by a White man

D:) Akueke was kidnaped by an English man.

Correct: A

 

Q:22) Who was sent by Ezeulu, when a white man asked him to send one of his children to learn the way of his people?

A:) Oduche

B:) Edogo

C:) Obika

D:) Nwafo

Correct: A

 

Q:23) The novel Arrow of God is set in the rural village of he Igbo people of Nigeria during the ______.

A:) 1860s

B:) 1880s

C:) 1920s

D:) 1960s

Correct:  C

 

 

 

 

 

Q:24) In this novel, Arrow of God, the residents of Umuaro are at the brink of war with their neighborus in ________

A:) Ulu

B:) Okberi

C:) Umofia

D:) Wintolu

Correct: B 

 

Q:25) Who was the ruling deity of Umuaro in the novel Arrow of God ?

A:) Oduche

B:) Moses Unachukwu

C:) Ezeulu

D:) John Wright

Correct:  C