Characters
Character is nicknamed "The Roaring Flame"
Okonkwo
How many wives does Okonkwo have by the end of the novel?
Three
The following quote is an example of which type of figurative language.
"He saw the world as a battlefield in which the children of light were locked in mortal conflict with the sons of darkness"
Simile
What is the Igbo word for a "titleless man"?
Agbala
"I shall fight alone if I choose"
Okonkwo
Nwoye
What major disgrace does Okonkwo commit at the end of the novel?
He commits suicide
Which characters are foils? (Exact opposites)
Okonkwo and Unoka
Mr. Brown and Mr. Smith
Who are the Osu?
Outcasts
Ikemefuna
Okonkwo's favorite child
Ezinma
How does Ikemefuna come to live with Okonkwo's tribe?
As a sacrifice to avoid conflict between clans
Proverbs
What is the name for one's personal god, or spirit guide?
Chi
"He has put a knife on the things that held us together and we have fallen apart."
Obierika
He unmasks an egwugwu
Give one example of irony in the story.
Answers will vary:
Possible topics could include Okonkwo's exile, his death, or the title of the District Commissioner's book.
What is the Igbo word for an evil spirit that supposedly dies and is reborn to increase suffering for the mother?
(Hint- Ezinma was believed to be one)
Ogbanje
"This is the house of God and I will not live to see it desecrated."
Mr. Smith
This character was an over-zealous Christian convert
Enoch
What is the major conflict in "Things Fall Apart"
The battle between traditional beliefs and the changes brought by colonization.
(Tradition vs. Change)
Give one example of foreshadowing in the novel.
Possible Answers:
The arrival of the Locusts / White Missionaries
Obierika's advice to Okonkwo after the killing of Ikemefuna
Ezeudu's warning
Nwoye's conversion
Okonkwo's suicide
Proverbs
What did the tribe name the worthless men who followed Christianity?
Efulefu
"Why can't you take him down yourself?"
The District Commissioner