Character's Clothes
The narrator tells us that Okonkwo "feared failure and weakness." Is this Direct or Indirect Characterization?
Direct Characterization
What Greek term describes Okonkwo's excessive pride, which is his most significant flaw?
Hubris
The Flashback about Okonkwo defeating Amalinze the Cat establishes what about his reputation?
His physical strength/fame
Okonkwo being punished for his accidental crime when he meant to be the strongest man in the village is what type of irony?
Situational Irony
What crop symbolizes masculinity, wealth, and hard work in Ibo culture?
Yams
Okonkwo constantly correcting and yelling at Nwoye is an example of Indirect Characterization through his actions or his speech?
Speech
Okonkwo, earning his wealth and titles through wrestling and farming, represents the tragic hero requirement of high status, achieved through what?
Achievement/Work (or personal success)
What significant event does the arrival of the locusts early in the novel Foreshadow?
The arrival/invasion of the white men
The reader knows the court messengers are corrupt, but the Ibo elders trust them. This is an example of what type of irony?
Dramatic Irony
What is the name of the most important female deity who oversees fertility and morality?
Ani (or the Earth Goddess)
What is the term for the literary device used when the text refers back to Unoka's laziness and failure?
Flashback
Okonkwo's killing of the court messenger is the final, decisive action that triggers his downfall. This is an act of Hubris or Peripeteia(sudden reversal)?
Hubris
The tragic Foreshadowing about Ikemefuna's fate is revealed when the Oracle first commands what?
That Ikemefuna must be killed
The Situational Irony of the missionaries building their church in the Evil Forest is that the forest was expected to kill them, but it actually did what?
It allowed them to survive/thrive
What is the ritual crime Okonkwo commits when he accidentally kills a clansman's son at a funeral?
A feminine crime (or unintentional homicide)
Nwoye's conversion to Christianity is an example of Indirect Characterization, revealing what about his internal values?
His sensitivity/desire for peace (or rejection of his father's violence)
The brief Flashback to Umofia's war against a spirit that lasted seven days emphasizes what about the clan's fighting history?
Their ferocity/their willingness to fight
Which type of irony is demonstrated when Okonkwo commits suicide to avoid the shame of the white man, but instead brings greater shame to his name?
Situational Irony
Okonkwo's clan, Umuofia, must exile him for seven years to placate what?
The Earth Goddess (Ani)
When the narrator describes Ekwefi's "suffering" after losing nine children, this is what type of characterization?
Direct Characterization
What major consequence does Okonkwo's accidental murder of a boy's son directly Foreshadow for his future?
His seven-year exile
Why is the title of the District Commissioner's book, The Pacification of the Primitive Tribes of the Lower Niger, an example of Dramatic Irony?
The reader knows the Commissioner's view is biased/untrue (or that the tribe was pacified through violence, not peace).
What is the main reason why the people of Mbanta accept the Christians more readily than Umuofia?
They felt alienated/marginalized (especially the women, outcasts, and twins)