Decoding Lbo Conversations
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Which musical instrument does Unoka play?

  • The udu
  • The ekwe
  • The ogene
  • The flute (correct)

    • Who is described as a coward and unable to bear the sight of blood?

  • Okoye
  • Unoka (correct)
  • The village musicians
  • The village of Mbaino

    • What is the reason why Okoye came to see Unoka?

  • To invite him to the ancestral feast (correct)
  • To discuss the impending war with the village of Mbaino
  • To play music together
  • To borrow money

    • What is Okoye planning to do?

    <p>Take the Idemili title</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following best describes Okonkwo's fear?

    <p>Fear of himself resembling his father</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did Okonkwo hate?

    <p>Gentleness and idleness</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did Okonkwo work on daily during the planting season?

    <p>His farms</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did Okonkwo keep in the 'medicine house' or shrine?

    <p>Wooden symbols of his personal god and ancestral spirits</p> Signup and view all the answers

    According to the text, why was Okonkwo well known throughout the nine villages and even beyond?

    <p>Because he was a great wrestler</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the nickname given to Amalinze, the wrestler that Okonkwo threw?

    <p>The Cat</p> Signup and view all the answers

    According to the text, what happened during the fight between Okonkwo and Amalinze?

    <p>The fight was one of the fiercest since the founder of their town engaged a spirit of the wild for seven days and seven nights</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was Okonkwo's father like?

    <p>Lazy and improvident</p> Signup and view all the answers

    According to the text, what was the reason for the war between Umuofia and Mbaino?

    <p>Umuofia wanted to avenge the murder of a woman from their clan</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who was the first to bring home a human head in Umuofia's latest war?

    <p>Okonkwo</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the name of the powerful war medicine in Umuofia?

    <p>Agadi-nwayi</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Why did the neighboring clans fear Umuofia?

    <p>Because Umuofia had powerful priests and medicine men</p> Signup and view all the answers

    According to the text, why did Unoka burst out laughing when Okoye asked him to return the two hundred cowries he had borrowed?

    <p>Unoka did not have the cowries to return</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did Unoka mean when he said 'the sun will shine on those who stand before it shines on those who kneel under them'?

    <p>Unoka will pay his big debts first</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Why was Okonkwo ashamed of his father, Unoka?

    <p>Unoka had taken no title and was heavily in debt</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Why was Okonkwo considered one of the greatest men of his time?

    <p>Okonkwo had won fame as a wrestler and had shown prowess in wars</p> Signup and view all the answers

    During the drought, Okonkwo tried to protect his yams from the smoldering earth by making rings of what around them?

    <p>Sisal leaves</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What happened to the yams that Okonkwo had sown before the drought?

    <p>They were harvested successfully</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What happened to the yam heaps during the heavy rain?

    <p>They were washed away</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did the lack of sunshine during the wet season mean for the yams?

    <p>They rotted</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did Okonkwo say about surviving the terrible year?

    <p>He would survive anything after that year</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did Unoka say about a proud heart?

    <p>It can survive failure</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did Okonkwo's father, Unoka, say to him during the terrible harvest month?

    <p>Do not despair</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How did Okonkwo feel when he thought about the tragic year later in his life?

    <p>He felt sad</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did Okonkwo's father, Unoka, say about Okonkwo's heart?

    <p>It is fierce</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did Unoka's love of talk do to Okonkwo's patience?

    <p>It made him angry</p> Signup and view all the answers

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