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Things Fall Apart
Chinua Achebe
Study Guide
Study Guide
Summary
Plot Overview
Key Questions and Answers
What Does the Ending Mean?
Summary & Analysis
Chapters 1–3
Chapters 4–6
Chapters 7–8
Chapters 9–11
Chapters 12–13
Chapters 14–16
Chapters 17–19
Chapters 20–21
Chapters 22–23
Chapters 24–25
Characters
Character List
Okonkwo
Nwoye
Ezinma
Mr. Brown
Ikemefuna
Unoka
Main Ideas
Themes
Plot Analysis
Protagonist
Antagonist
Setting
Motifs
Symbols
Genre
Allusions
Style
Point of View
Tone
Foreshadowing
Key Facts
What’s with the Proverbs in
Things Fall Apart
?
Quotes
Important Quotes Explained
Quotes By Theme
Generational divide
Pride
Repression
Drum language
Ethnographic distance
Quotes By Section
Chapters 1–3
Chapters 4–6
Chapters 7–8
Chapters 9–11
Chapters 12–13
Chapters 14–16
Chapters 17–19
Chapters 20–21
Chapters 22–23
Chapters 24–25
Quotes By Character
Okonkwo
Nwoye
Ezinma
Mr. Brown
Ikemefuna
Unoka
Quotes By Symbol
Locusts
Fire
Further Study
Context
Things Fall Apart on the Eve of Nigerian Independence
Achebe at the Crossroads of European Modernism and African Realism
Movie Adaptations
Full Book Quiz
Section Quizzes
Character List
Analysis of Major Characters
Themes, Motifs, and Symbols
Chapters 1-3
Chapters 4-6
Chapters 7-8
Chapters 9-11
Chapters 12-13
Chapters 14-16
Chapters 17-19
Chapters 20-21
Chapters 22-23
Chapters 24-25
Study Questions
Suggestions for Further Reading
Companion Texts
Writing Help
How to Write Literary Analysis
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1. What is the name of Okonkwo’s motherland?
Mbaino
Mbutu
Mbanta
Mantra
2. What holy animal does Okonkwo’s clan suspect the Christians have killed and eaten?
A locust
A python
A monkey
A tortoise
3. What is the name of the first missionary who comes to Umuofia?
Mr. Brown
Reverend Smith
Mr. Jones
Missionary Man
4. How many villages does Umuofia comprise?
One
Four
Nine
Seven
5. Whom did Okonkwo beat in his legendary wrestling match?
Ekwefi Ogbuedi the Rooster
Ogbuedi the Snake
Isaac the Toad
Amalinze the Cat
6. In what country does
Things Fall Apart
take place?
Kenya
Nigeria
Chad
South Africa
7. What do the inhabitants of Mbanta believe is responsible for the white man’s miraculous survival after having built his church in the Evil Forest?
His eyeglasses
His Bible
His borrowed machete
His attitude
8. What is an ogbanje?
A masked spirit
A type of yam soup
A changeling child
A musical instrument
9. What does Okonkwo constantly wish Ezinma had been?
His firstborn child
A son
A better cook
A donkey
10. What does a palm tapper tap?
His hand, to keep the beat
A shoulder, for advice
A tree, for wine
The ground, for oil
11. For what reason is Okonkwo exiled?
He owes money.
He willfully kills a fellow clan member.
He steals yams.
He unintentionally kills a fellow clan member.
12. What are the outcasts required to do before they may join the church?
Shave their heads
Pierce their tongues
Get cam wood tattoos
Change their names
13. What is the name of Okonkwo’s second wife?
Chielo
Ojiugo
Ekwefi
Ezinma
14. Where are the Christian women forbidden to go when the clan hears of the killing of a royal python?
To the Evil Forest
To the stream
To the church
To the Tribal Council Meeting
15. What does Okonkwo do even though he is advised not to?
Marry Ojiugo
Beat Nwoye twice
Attack Chielo
Help kill Ikemefuna
16. What crop is king for the Igbo?
Cassava
Yam
Cotton
Riding Crop
17. When the Igbo refer to the “iron-horse,” what do they mean?
A train carriage
Maduka, the star wrestler
A bicycle
An elephant
18. What is the polite name for leprosy among the Igbo?
The swelling sickness
The white skin
The heathen state
The albino condition
19. When do the clan members share the kola nut?
When declaring war
When giving birth to children
When wrestling
When gathering for social occasions
20. In the allegory of Tortoise, what do the birds give to Tortoise?
Bird seed
Feathers
Water
A branch
21. What does Enoch do to provoke the rage of the clan?
He unmasks an
egwugwu.
He converts Nwoye.
He steals 200 cowry shells.
He mutilates twins.
22. How does Okonkwo die?
He is poisoned by the Commissioner.
He hangs himself.
He is stabbed by Enoch.
He dies of the swelling disease.
23. Why are the villagers happy when the locusts arrive?
Because they represent future happiness
Because they mean good weather and good crops
Because their bodies can be made into glue
Because they taste good
24. What does Okonkwo fear most?
Joining the missionaries
Confronting his father
Becoming like his father
The overthrow of the village elders
25. The title
Things Fall Apart
is taken from a poem by
Alfred Lord Tennyson
Joseph Conrad
T.S. Eliot
William Butler Yeats
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