Achebe writes in the opening chapter that these are the palm-oil with which words are eaten.
What are proverbs?
100
The name for the food made from mashed yam. (Hint: It shares its name with a little bunny.)
What is Foo-foo?
100
Chinua Achebe took the title of his first novel Things Fall Apart from this poem by William Butler Yeats.
What is "The Second Coming"?
100
For this offense Okonkwo must leave his village for seven years.
What is an accidental murder—also called a “female” murder because it is unintentional.
100
Okonkwo’s daughter who is abducted by the priestess of Agbala in Chapter 11.
Who is Ezinma?
200
Complete this sentence: "But the Ibo people have a proverb that when a man says yes his _____ says yes also."
What is chi?
200
This food is ritually shared before important meetings.
What is kola?
200
Things Fall Apart was Achebe’s answer to Eurocentric depictions of Africa, such as this famous work by Joseph Conrad which Achebe sharply criticized for its simplistic portrayal of Africans.
What is The Heart of Darkness.
200
Okonkwo’s lazy, "good for nothing" father.
Who is Unoka?
200
Okonkwo’s best friend, whose daughter is married off in the ceremony in chapter 12.
Who is Obierika?
300
The economic unit of exchange in Okonkwo’s village.
What are crowries?
300
Okonkwo beats and shoots at his second wife for "killing" this kind of tree.
What is a banana tree?
300
Chinua Achebe is a native of this African country.
What is Nigeria?
300
The hostage boy who comes to dwell with Okonkwo and is killed by him.
Who is Ikemefuna?
300
The wife whose child is abducted by the priestess of Agbala.
Who is Ekwefi?
400
The term for Okonkwo’s hut.
What is "obi"?
400
A swarm of these settles in Okonkwo’s village prior to Ikemefuna’s slaying.
What are locusts?
400
Things Fall Apart is the first great African novel to be written in English. Achebe was also fluent in this, his native African language.
What is Ibo?
400
Okonkwo’s son who is sometimes verbally abused by his father and is among the first converts to Christianity.
Who is Nwoye?
400
While in exile, Okonkwo speaks to village elder who reminds him that among the most common African names is "Nneka," which means this.
What is "Mother Is Supreme"?
500
The name of Okonkwo’s village.
What is Umuofia?
500
Okonkwo gets into trouble after violating the Week of Peace, which precedes this traditional activity.
What is planting?
500
The year in which Things Fall Apart was first published.
What is 1958?
500
The manly sport for which Okonkwo was famous in his village.
What is wrestling?
500
The detail Achebe supplies about the first woman convert to Christianity.