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Things Fall Apart
Chinua Achebe
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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
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Companion Texts
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How to Write Literary Analysis
Glossary of Literary Terms
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Chapters 9-11 Quiz
Further Study
Chapters 9-11 Quiz
1
of 5
Why is Ekwefi so distraught by Ezinma's illness?
Because all of her children died early in childhood
Because Okonkwo will become angry and beat her
Because Chielo said Ekwefi would likely die soon
Because she is afraid she will get sick too
2
of 5
Who cures Ezinma?
Ekwefi
Chielo
Nwoye
Okonkwo
3
of 5
On what condition can Uzowulu have Mgbafo back?
If he pays a heavy fine
He must ask her three times to return and build her a new hut.
He must beg her to come back, and if he beats her again they will cut off his genitals.
If he wins a series of wrestling matches with Mgbafo's brother
4
of 5
Where does Chielo take Ezinma?
Straight to the cave of the Oracle
Around all nine villages and then into the cave of the Oracle
To the Evil Forest
To her hut
5
of 5
What surprises Ekwefi when she waits outside the cave?
She hears screams from inside the cave.
An egwugwu passes by.
Ekwefi runs out of the cave covered in blood.
Okonkwo appears.
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