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Hint	Answer	% Correct
Name the author of Things Fall Apart	Chinua Achebe	96%
What modern-day country does the book take place in?	Nigeria	78%
The main character of the story, obsessed with masculinity	Okonkwo	76%
How many villages are in Umuofia?	9 / Nine	72%
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?	Ikemefuna	70%
Who is Okonkwo's sensitive son?	Nwoye	70%
Which describes the Ibo? Monotheistic or polytheistic?	Polytheistic	70%
How many wives does Okonkwo have?	3 / Three	69%
How long did Ikemefuna live with Okonkwo?	Three / 3	69%
Who is Okonkwo's second wife?	Ekwefi	65%
Who is Okonkwo's favorite child, whom he wishes were a boy?	Ezinma	65%
Against whom did Okonkwo have this match?	The Cat / Cat / Amalinze	63%
Who neglected to grow yams, provide for his family, and pay his debts, therefore making him an irresponsible man in Ibo terms?	Unoka	63%
What kind of competition is Okonkwo famous for having won?	Wrestling	63%
What is the staple crop of the Ibo?	Yam	61%
Where are baby twins abandoned?	The forest / forest / evil forest	59%
Okonkwo fears Nwoye will become like whom?	Unoka / His father / Okonkwo's father	59%
A sacred week in which violence is prohibited.	Week of Peace	59%
What is the name for the elite mask-wearing vessels of ancestral spirits who decide village matters, including legal cases?	Egwugwu	56%
What happens to Okonkwo as a result of this?	Banished / Exiled / Property Destroyed / Farm Destroyed / Disgrace	52%
Which priestess speaks on behalf of Agbala, the Oracle of the Hills and the Caves?	Chielo	52%
Who tells Okonkwo to take no part in Ikemefuna's killing?	Ogbuefi Ezeudu	48%
Who is the leader of the above?	Evil Forest	46%
Another word for 'fatal flaw'	Hamartia	46%
Who is Okonkwo's closest friend, who he likes to drink palm wine with?	Obierika	46%
What name did the Tortoise take on?	All of you	44%
What did the birds give the Tortoise in the story?	Feathers	44%
In addition to land for sharecropping, what else did Okonkwo borrow from Nwakibie?	Yam seeds	43%
Who is the earth goddess?	Ani / Ana / Ale	41%
Who dies when Okonkwo's gun explodes at Ezeudu's funeral?	Ezeudu's Son	39%
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.	Ogbanje	39%
What is the main village currency (a type of shell)?	Cowrie / African Cowrie / Cowry	37%
Which colonial novella did Achebe particularly dislike, due to its dehumanizing depictions of Africans?	Heart of Darkness	37%
The title Things Fall Apart is taken from a poem by whom?	Yeats / W.B. Yeats	37%
Who is at the top of the hierarchy of the Gods?	Chukwu	24%
Who is the god of thunder and lightning? Okonkwo refers to him in moments of parental anger.	Amadiora	19%