Things Fall Apart: Quiz 1

Where was the author of Things Fall Apart, Chinua Achebe, was born and educated?

• Mali
• Nigeria
• South Africa
• Chad

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What career did Achebe's parents have?

• University Professors
• Ibo preistess and medicine man
• evangelical Christians
• Buddhist monks

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Where does the novel take place?

• Umuofia
• Johannesburg
• Chad
• Mbanto

Okonkwo was born:

• the son of a priestess
• the son of a white master and an African mistress
• the son of a rich man
• the son of a failure

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In his youth, Okonkwo gained fame:

• in a boxing match, where he beat a boxer called the Fox
• in the Festival of the New Yam, where he played the flute
• in a clan meeting, where he argued eloquently for peace
• in a wrestling match, where he beat a wrestler called the Cat

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Okonkwo's father's name was:

• Nwoye
• Ikemefuna
• Unoka
• Obierika

Okonkwo is driven to extreme behaviors mainly because:

• he is the chief of the clan
• he is terrified of failure
• he is a fanatical Christian
• he was abused as a child

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The boy, who is given as a sacrifice to the clan and lives with Okonkwo, is named:

• Ekwefi
• Obgiugi
• Ikemefuna
• Obierika

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A young boy and a virgin girl are given to Okonkwo's clan: 

• because their parents, who were Christian missionaries, suddenly died
• as sacrafices to the clan to avoid war
• as a study exchange program to learn about the tribe
• as sacrifices to the goddess of rain

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The primary crop which is grown by the Ibo is:

• yams
• wheat
• corn
• rice