Things Fall Apart Quiz. Part 1.

Name the author of Things Fall Apart

Which colonial novella did Achebe particularly dislike, due to its dehumanizing depictions of Africans?

What modern-day country does the book take place in?

The title Things Fall Apart is taken from a poem by whom?

The main character of the story, obsessed with masculinity

Another word for 'fatal flaw'

Who neglected to grow yams, provide for his family, and pay his debts, therefore making him an irresponsible man in Ibo terms?

How many villages are in Umuofia?

Which describes the Ibo? Monotheistic or polytheistic?

How many wives does Okonkwo have?

Who is Okonkwo's second wife?

In addition to land for sharecropping, what else did Okonkwo borrow from Nwakibie?

Who is Okonkwo's sensitive son?

A sacred week in which violence is prohibited.

Who is Okonkwo's favorite child, whom he wishes were a boy?

Who was brought to Okonkwo's village as a sacrifice to the earth goddess in exchange for the murder of a woman in Okonkwo's village?

How long did Ikemefuna live with Okonkwo?

Who is the earth goddess?

Who tells Okonkwo to take no part in Ikemefuna's killing?

Who is Okonkwo's closest friend, who he likes to drink palm wine with?

What is the main village currency (a type of shell)?

What is the staple crop of the Ibo?

Okonkwo fears Nwoye will become like whom?

What kind of competition is Okonkwo famous for having won?

Against whom did Okonkwo have this match?

What is the name for the elite mask-wearing vessels of ancestral spirits who decide village matters, including legal cases?

Who is the leader of the above?

Where are baby twins abandoned?

What do clan religious leaders think has cursed Ekwefi to caused her to keep having her babies die? It is a wicked spirit that keeps returning to the mother to be reborn again.

What did the birds give the Tortoise in the story?

What name did the Tortoise take on?

Which priestess speaks on behalf of Agbala, the Oracle of the Hills and the Caves?

Who is the god of thunder and lightning? Okonkwo refers to him in moments of parental anger.

Who is at the top of the hierarchy of the Gods?

Who dies when Okonkwo's gun explodes at Ezeudu's funeral?

What happens to Okonkwo as a result of this?