Passage (things fall apart excerpt #1)
excerpt #1 from things fall apart
okonkwo ruled his household with a heavy hand. his wives, especially the youngest, lived in perpetual fear of his fiery temper, and so did his little children. perhaps down in his heart okonkwo was not a cruel man. but his whole life was dominated by fear, the fear of failure and of weakness. it was deeper and more intimate than the fear of evil and capricious gods and of magic, the fear of the forest, and of the forces of nature, malevolent, red in tooth and claw. okonkwo's fear was greater than these. it was not external but lay deep within himself. it was the fear of himself, lest he should be found to resemble his father. even as a little boy he had resented his father's failure and weakness, and even now he still remembered how he had suffered when a playmate had told him that his father was agbala. that was how okonkwo first came to know that agbala was not only another name for a woman, it could also mean a man who had taken no title. and so okonkwo was ruled by one passion - to hate everything that his father unoka had loved. one of those things was gentleness and another was idleness.

1) what type of conflict is shown by okonkwo's fear in this passage?

a) man vs. man

b) man vs. nature

c) man vs. society

d) man vs. self

2) what major motivation of okonkwo is revealed in this passage?

a)he does not want to be anything like his father.

b) he wants to become more famous.

c) he wants to gain more wives.

d) he doesn't want to be thought weak.

3) which of the following statements is an example of indirect characterization of okonkwo's violent nature?

a) "but his whole life was dominated by fear, the fear of failure and of weakness."

b) "okonkwo ruled his household with a heavy hand."

c) "perhaps down in his heart okonkwo was not a cruel man."

d) "okonkwo's fear was great than these."

4) which of the following character traits of okonkwo is revealed at the beginning of this passage?

a) he is very wealthy.

b) he is very prideful

c) he is very famous.

d) he is very violent.