Culture and Traditions
Location, Location, Location
Who Dat
Events
Here and There
200
Clan members often use maxims or _______ when they speak.
Proverbs
200
The novel is set in the country now called _________.
What is Nigeria?
200
Okonkwo is considered a famous warrior who gained his fame by throwing which character?
Amalinze "the cat"
200
It was assumed that the missionaries would be killed by the evil spirits in the Evil Forest. Instead, nothing happened to them and some of the people were so impressed that they ________.
Converted
200
Who is the author of Things Fall Apart?
Chinua Achebe
400
Considered evil, _________ are often thrown away.
Twins
400
Okonkwo lives in the nine villages of ___________.
Umuofia
400
Considered a lazy man who died in debt, this character is responsible for making Okonkwo the successful, harsh man he is today. Who is this?
Unoka
400
What did Okonkwo ask his daughters to wait to do until they arrived back home to Umuofia?
Wait to marry
400
Okonkwo messes up the vibes during the Feast of the New Yam by doing this to Ekwefi for killing a banana tree.
What is beat her?
600
An ___________ is a child who repeatedly dies and is reborn.
Obanjge.
600
Okonkwo and his family spent 7 years of exile in this motherland village.
What is Mbanta?
600
Okonkwo was advised, though he did not listen, to not participate in the death of which character?
Ikemefuna
600
Enoch committed an unthinkable action that no villager had ever even imagined possible. What did he do?
He unmasked an egwugwu
600
These shells were the official currency of Umuofia.
What are cowries?
800
_________ are humans in disguise. They represent the spirits of the ancestors.
Egwugwu
800
Instead of going to war with the Umuofians, the people of this neighboring village offered a virgin and a young man as compensation for a murder they committed.
What is Mbaino?
800
This character prefers his mother's gentle folktales to his father's violent stories.
Nwoye
800
What happens to the leaders of Umuofia when they go to see the District Commissioner for a civil, friendly meeting?
They are soon jailed
800
Which sacred animal is killed by a convert?
The sacred, royal python
1000
Before a marriage, the _______ must be negotiated.
Bride price
1000
This was the FIRST village destroyed by the "white men".
What is Abame?
1000
Which character replaces Mr. Brown? *Hint: He was harsh and disgusted by the tolerance given to the villagers by Mr. Bown. Who was this character?
Revered John Smith
1000
What is ironic about the "white men" telling the Igbo people that they must allow their children to receive education.
They tell them this needs to happen so no other people can come and invade them. This is ironic because the "white men" did this same thing to the Igbo people.
1000
Why won't Oberika and the others touch Okonkwo's dead body?
Suicide is a grave sin in the Igbo religion. It would be taboo to touch him.