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Ibo Language
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who had killed and eaten the scared python and his father was the priest of the snack cult?(178).
Who is Enoch?
100
"He made friends with some of the great men of the clan and on one of his frequent visits to the neighboring villages he had been presented with a carved elephant tusk, which was a sign of dignity and rank." is who(179).
Who is Mr. Brown?
100
"Your queen sends her messenger, the District Commissioner. He finds that he cannot do the work alone and so he appoints kotma to help him. It is the same with God, or Chukwu. He appoints the smaller gods to help Him because His work is too great for one person." (180) a. Symbolism b. Allusion c. Analogy
What is c. Analogy?
100
He hanged himself on the tree.
What is the death of Okonkwo?
100
What did the people in Umunofia roar when they heard “Umunofia kwenu”?
Yaa
200
Who is the white missionary that was very firm in restraining his flock from provoking the wrath of the clan?(178).
Who is Mr. Brown?
200
who said “we say he is foolish because he does not know our ways, and perhaps he says we are foolish because we do not know his." (191).
Who are Ajofia or the egwugwu?
200
"Bale the water while it is ankle deep." (204) a. Metaphor b. Simile c. Personification
What is a. Metaphor
200
Mr.Brown is different from the other white missionary because he respect Umuofia's religion and culture too.
How is Mr.Brown different from the white missionary in Okonkwo's motherland?
200
What is the meaning of “nno” in the following sentence? [But the men wore such heavy and fearsome looks that the women and children did not say “nno” to them, but edged out of the way to let them pass.] A. blessings B. exciting words C. welcome D.one of their titles
C. welcome
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a man that was a different kind of man compared to Mr. Brown, and always full filled with wrath.(184)
Who is Reverend James Smith?
300
"We have a court of law where we judge cases and administer justice as it is done in my own country, under a great queen." (194). by who?
Who is the District Commissioner?
300
He said the leaders of the land in the future would be men and women who had learned to read and write. If Umuofia failed to send her children to the school, strangers would come from other places to rule them. (181) a. Hyperbole b. Foreshadow c. Irony
What is b. Foreshadow?
300
They want to release their clan leaders.
Why does the village decide to pay the fine for the men?
300
What is the meaning of “ogene” in the following sentence? [The silence was broken by the village crier beating his sonorous ogene.] A. a plate B. a palm-wine glass C. a musical instrument D. his voice
C. a musical instrument
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Who is the leader of egwugwu in Umuofia, and administered justice in the clan?(189).
Who is Ajofia?
400
"It was as if cold water had been poured on it." by whose feeling? (196).
Who is Okonkwo?
400
The story of this man who had killed a messenger and hanged himself would make interesting reading. One could almost write a whole chapter on him. Perhaps not a whole chapter but a reasonable paragraph, at any rate. (209) a. Allusion b. Tradgedy c. Irony
What is c. Irony
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What indignities are the prisoners subjected to by their jailers? a. They were not even given any water to drink. b. They could not go out to urinate or go into the bush when needed. c.They were pressed. d. At night the messengers came in to taunt them and to knock their shaven heads together. e. All of the above.
e. All of the above
400
What is the name of the child who is plaguing its mother by dying and entering her womb to be born again? A. ogbanje B. ogene C.iyi-wwa D.Oye
A. ogbanje
500
Who sent sweet-tongued messenger to the leaders of Umuofia asking them to meet him in his headquarters?(193).
Who is the District Commissioner?
500
"He is not here" replied Obierika (206). What does he mean that Okonkwo is not here?
Because Okonkwo was dead and his body was dangling on a tree.
500
Things Fall Apart is a tragedy about a man named Okonkwo and his inevitable downfall. a. Genre b. Plot c. Setting
What is a. Genre
500
"It is an abomination for a man to take his own life. It is an offense against the earth, and a man who commits it will not be buried by his clan's men. His body is evil, and only strangers may touch it."
What is the clan custom when a clan's man takes his own life?
500
What is the meaning of “kotma” in the following sentence? [He finds that he cannot do the work alone and so he appoints kotma to help him.] A. a small god B. a man with the title C. a court messenger D. a man with well-educated
C. a court messager
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