Who is the leader?
Who is the wrestling champion?
Who is the most significant character in the novel?
100
Customs and community
What builds strength?
What held Umuofia together?
100
Third person limited omniscient
What is the narrative style?
Which narrative technique is the novel written in?
200
Nigeria
In which country does the novel take place?
Where is Achebe from?
200
Unoka
Who is Okonkwo's father?
Who does Okonkwo despise?
200
Change and Tradition
What creates the problem?
Which trade-off creates tension?
200
"They treated Okonkwo like a king"
"Umuofia was like a startled animal with ears erect"
What is a simile?
300
Igbo
Which language do they speak?
Which culture?
300
Ezinma
Who is Okonkwo's favourite daughter?
Who does Okonkwo wish was a boy?
Who is Ekwefi's daughter?
300
Individuals will their own destinies
What is chi?
300
Darkness
Darkness held a vague terror for these people, even the bravest among them"
Yam
"Yam stood for manliness."
What is symbolism?
What is a motif?
What is a symbol?
400
Late 19th century, early 20th century
When does the novel take place?
400
Ikemefuna
Who is Okonkwo's non-biological "son"?
Who does Okonkwo kill?
400
Societal Status
What does Okonkwo fear of loosing?
400
"When the mat was at last removed she was drenched in perspiration. Ekwefi mopped her with a piece of cloth and she lay down on a dry mat and was soon asleep"
"Large crowds began to gather on the village ilo as soon as the edge had worn off the sun's heat and it was no longer painful on the body"
What is imagery?
500
British colonization
What occurs in the novel?
What do the outsiders do?
500
Nwoye
Who is Okonkwo's son?
Who is Okonkwo's eldest son?
Who converted to Christianity?