Plot
What is Okonkwo opposed to?
What is colonialism and/or Christianity
Where is Chinua Achebe from?
What is Nigeria
What do yams symbolize?
What is wealth, success, manliness
How many sections is the novel divided into?
What is 3
Okonkwo was polytheistic. What new religion came to his people?
What is Christianity
What happens at the end of the story?
What is Okonkwo commits suicide
When was Things Fall Apart published?
When is 1958
How did Okonkwo feel after killing Ikemefuna?
What is sad, regretful
What point of view/perspective is the story told from?
3rd person
Okonkwo feels in control of his chi at the beginning of the story. How does he feel at the end?
What is out of control
What happened after the killing of Ezeudeu's son?
What is Okonkwo's exile
What was Chinua Achebe beyond being a novelist?
What is a poet and critic
What is the name of the Oracle of the hills and caves
How does Chinua Achebe use language to preserve Igbo culture in Things Fall Apart?
What is Igbo folktales, oral storytelling, and proverbs
What happens to the traditional structures of Igbo society?
What is they erode as colonial/missionary institutions replace them
Why does Okonkwo kill Ikemefuna?
What is weakness/cowardice
Chinua Achebe is regarded as a central figure of what?
What is African literature
What currency was used in Igbo society?
What are cowries
What is Okonkwo's key characteristic?
What is resistant to change, clinging to tradition
After being exiled to Mbanta, how does Nwoye find hope away from his tyrannical father?
What is joining the missionaries
Why did the district commissioner imprison the village leaders?
What is destroying a church
What played a large role in influencing the writing of Things Fall Apart?
What is Western novels painting Africa as primitive
What is the main message of Things Fall Apart?
What showcases the effects of British colonialization on Igbo culture in Africa
Why does Chinua Achebe present transition as ambiguous?
What is to show that change can have both positive and negative effects
What happened to the village of Abame after the colonist was killed?
What is the village was destroyed