Historical and Cultural Context in “Civil Peace”

Question 1

Read the excerpt from "Civil Peace” by Chinua Achebe."Ah, missisi de cry again. No need for dat. We done talk say we na good tief."

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B: “Ah, your wife is crying again. There is no need for that. We said we were good thieves.”

Question 2

Read the excerpt from "Civil Peace” by Chinua Achebe."OK. Time de go. Make you open dis window and bring the twenty pound. We go manage am like dat."

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D: “It’s time to go. Open this window and bring the money or else. We’re done playing around.”

Question 3

Which excerpt from the text best supports the theme "One must persevere through hard times”?

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D: At the first sign of light as neighbours and others assembled to commiserate with him he was already strapping his five-gallon demijohn to his bicycle carrier and his wife, sweating in the open fire, was turning over akara balls in a wide clay bowl of boiling oil.

Question 4

Read the excerpt from "Civil Peace” by Chinua Achebe.He had come out of the war with five inestimable blessings—his head, his wife Maria’s head and the heads of three out of their four children. As a bonus he also had his old bicycle—a miracle too but naturally not to be compared to the safety of five human heads.

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D: Family is the most important thing in life.

Question 5

Read the excerpt from "Civil Peace” by Chinua Achebe.Of course the doors and windows were missing and five sheets off the roof. But what was that? And anyhow he had returned to Enugu early enough to pick up bits of old zinc and wood and soggy sheets of cardboard lying around the neighbourhood before thousands more came out of their forest holes looking for the same things.

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D: Jonathan returns to Enugu early to collect debris before others in the war-torn area do.

Question 6

An informal variation on language is called

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D: dialect.

Question 7

Why might an author include dialect in a story? Check all that apply.to allude to a character’s regional backgroundto describe what a particular setting looks liketo add to the cultural context of a story’s settingto allude to a character’s social backgroundto create a more genuine dialogue between characters

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A: to allude to a character’s regional background; C: to add to the cultural context of a story’s setting; D: to allude to a character’s social background; E: to create a more genuine dialogue between characters

Question 8

Which line from the text best supports the theme "Hard work pays off in the end”?

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B: At the end of a fortnight he had made a small fortune of one hundred and fifteen pounds.

Question 9

Which details should you look for in determining the setting of a story? Check all that apply.the story’s time periodwhere the author livesthe characters’ environmenthow long the story iswhere the story takes place

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A: the story’s time period; C: the characters’ environment; E: where the story takes place

Question 10

Read the excerpt from "Civil Peace" by Chinua Achebe.As soon as the pound notes were placed in his palm Jonathan simply closed it tight over them and buried fist and money inside his trouser pocket. He had to be extra careful because he had seen a man a couple of days earlier collapse into near-madness in an instant before that oceanic crowd because no sooner had he got his twenty pounds than some heartless ruffian picked it off him.

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B: Sometimes a blessing can be a burden.

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