POLYTECHNIC TRB - ENGLISH


Arrow of God by Chinua Achebe




Q:1) Umuaro had grown wise and strong in its own conceit and had become like the little Nza.  Here Nza means in Africa?

A:) Ship

B:) Bird

C:) Horse

D:) Tree

Correct: B

 

Q:2) Umuachala, Umunneora, Umuagu, Umuezeani, Umuogwugwu, and Umuisiuzo are the name of _________.

A:) Places

B:) Villages

C:) Persons

D:) Gods

Correct: B

 

Q:3) Half of the medicine was buried at a place which became Nkwo market, and the other half thrown into the stream which became _________.

A:) Umauachala

B:) Umuaro

C:) Deity

D:) Mili Ulu

Correct: D

 

 

Q:4) Who set fire to the houses and carry men, women, and children into slavery, which was bad for the six villages?

A:) Hired soldiers of Abam

B:) The form owners of the nearest village

C:) The thieves of Umuisiuzo

D:) Protesters of the Uzhagule

Correct: A

 

Q:5) In Umuaro, which was thing that the villagers used to make peace in the war. 

A:) New Palm

B:) Red Stone

C:) White Clay

D:) Green Flag

Correct: C

 

Q:6) ‘Wisdom is like a __________; every man carries his own’.  Ezeulu has told the people what his father told him.

A:) tree

B:) filled pot

C:) calabash

D:) goatskin bag

Correct: D

Q:7) Who was chosen to go Okberi as an emissary, to get the reaction from them about peace or war?  

A:) Akukalia

B:) Ogbuefi Egonwanne

C:) Nwanyieke

D:) Uduezue

Correct: A 

 

Q:8) In Arrow of God, Eke is a/an _______.

A:) small river in Umuaro

B:) great market in Okberi

C:) big basket

D:) huge bullock cart

Correct:  B

 

Q:9) In Arrow of God, who said to Akukalia  ‘I shall take you to the man who will receive your message ’?

A:) Otikpo

B:) Ogbuefi Egonwanne

C:) Nwanyieke

D:) Uduezue

Correct: D

 

Q:10) Who had wondered why the earth and sand looked white instead of red-brown as in Umuaro?

A:) Akukalia

B:) Ogbuefi Egonwanne

C:) Nwanyieke

D:) Uduezue

Correct: A 

 

Q:11) How many days for a week in Okberi and Umuaro?

A:) Seven

B:) Fourteen

C:) Four

D:) Eight

Correct: C

 

Q:12) Who shot Akukalia with the loaded gun in Okberi, when Akukalia had gone to Okberi as an emissary.

A:) Ogbange

B:) Otikpo

C:) Ebo

D:) Nwaka

Correct: C

 

Q:13) Who brought the soldiers to Umuaro and stooped the war between Umuaro and Okberi?

A:) Okoye

B:) Mr. Clarke

C:) Wintabota

D:) John

Correct: C

Q:14) Who was the district officer in Arrow of God?

A:) Mr Clarke

B:) Roberts

C:) Wade

D:) Winterbottom

Correct: D

 

Q:15)  Otiji-Egbe means _________

A:) Reader of Books

B:) Breaker of Guns

C:) Owner of Houses

D:) Head of a Village

Correct: B 

 

Q:16)  Nwaka had a great mask which he assumed on this and other important occasions. The mask was called __________

A:) Umunogite or Man of Masks

B:) Ochudiwake or Man of Magnificent

C:) Ulugngalaya or Man of Bravery

D:) Ogalanya or Man of Riches

Correct: D

 

 

 

 

 

 

Q:17) In which festival, did Nwaka have the great Mask? At this festival crowds of people from all the villages and neighbours came to the ilo of Umunneora to see this great Mask bedecked with mirrors and rich clothes of many colors.

A:) Kolanut

B:) Idemili Festival

C:) The festival of the Pumbkin Leaves

D:) Palm Wine Festival

Correct: B

 

Q:18) The friendship between Nwaka and Ezidemili began in their youth, they were often seen together. Their mothers had told them that they were born within ______ of each other.   

A:) three days

B:) one day

C:) same day

D:) two months

Correct: A

 

Q:19) Who was a great man and a great orator who was called Owner of Words by his friends.  

A:) Nwaka

B:) Ezidemili

C:) Ezeulu

D:) Akukalia

Correct: A

 

Q:20) Ezidemili asked Nwaka, do you know the meaning of Idemili? And Ezidemili replied, Idemili means ____________.  

A:) fire of the forest

B:) Air

C:) pillar of Water

D:) soul of Earth

Correct: C

 

Q:21) Who said, ‘Leave your yam, leave your cocoyam and come to church’?

A:) Oduche

B:) Ezeulu

C:) Captain Winterbottom

D:) Mr. Clarke

Correct: A

 

Q:22) Who was a West Indian missionary, that man although black and had more knowledge than white men.

A:) Mr. Molokwu

B:) Mr. Holt

C:) Thomas Nudthiam

D:) Blackett

Correct: D

Q:23) Who said, ‘If we are Christians, we must be ready to die for the faith ’  

A:) Mr. Molokwu

B:) Mr. Holt

C:) Mr John Goodcountry

D:) Bishop Car Michel

Correct:  C

 

Q:24) Which of the following creature did the persons, who ready to convert religion, of Umuaro kill like the people of the rivers killed the Iguana?

A:) Crocodile

B:) Python

C:) Elephant

D:) Frog

Correct: B

 

Q:25) The people of Umuaro address _________ as Father.

A:) Crocodile

B:) Python

C:) Elephant

D:) Frog

Correct: B