Top 150+ Solved Commonwealth Literature MCQ Questions Answer
Q. 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
Q. 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
Q. 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
Q. 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
Q. 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
Q. What is the symbol that signifies peace in Arrow of God
a. Palm wine
b. White clay
c. Kolanut
d. Python
Q. What sacred animal is imprisoned by Oduche in Arrow of God?
a. A rattlesnake
b. A python
c. A tiger
d. Anaconda
Q. 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
Q. 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
Q. What is the name of the church catechist in Arrow of God?
a. Moses Goodcountry
b. John Clark
c. John Goodcountry
d. John Wildcountry
Q. 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
Q. 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.
Q. 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.
Q. 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.