PROSE: Why does Achebe include Igbo proverbs and folktales in the narrative?
PROSE: What is the name of Okonkwo’s closest friend?
Obierika
POETRY: Can you mention a poem with a refrain? What is the effect?
“Away, Melancholy”
POETRY: What is the tone in "He Never Expected Much"?
skeptical, realistic
POETRY: What themes are present "On Finding a Small Fly Crushed in a Book"?
Life, death, legacy
POETRY: Mention a poem with a hopeful tone
“Away, Melancholy”
PROSE: What are the “nuts from the water of heaven”
Hail
POETRY: Can you quote any memorable metaphors from any of the poems we have read?
Ss answers
POETRY: Mention one relevant device present in the poem "The City Planners"
Personification, Simile, Alliteration
POETRY: Which poems ends with this striking lines? "As if hands were enough / To hold an avalanche off."
The Man with the Night Sweats
POETRY: Which poem begins with this line? "They asked me ‘Are you sitting down?"
The Telephone Call
POETRY: What gift does the speaker want in "Request to a Year"?
Her great great grandmother’s attitude to life
PROSE: How many wives does Okonkwo have?
3
POETRY: Which Egyptian statue was Ozymandias inspired by? (Even though the poet never saw it)
Ramses II
POETRY: Which poems begins with the line "Cruising these residential Sunday"?
The City Planners
POETRY: Mention one example of personification in a poem
Ss answers
PROSE: How does Achebe’s portrayal of Umuofia before colonization challenge Western views of “primitive” Africa?
POETRY: Which two poems deal with the grief of losing a loved one?
“Funeral Blues” “Long Distance II”
POETRY: Mention two poems with free verse
“The Planners” “The City Planners” “The spirit…” “Away, melancholy”
POETRY: Which poem deals with writer's block?
“Night Sweat”
POETRY: Mention a poem that contains juxtaposition (and what is being juxtaposed)
Ss answers
PROSE: Why does Okonkwo get exiled from Umuofia?
He accidentally kills a boy in his father’s funeral
POETRY: Which is the main theme in the poem "Rain"?
Death
POETRY: Can you name an example of alliteration from “Ozymandias”?
“Cold command”
PROSE: What is the name of Okonkwo’s village?
Umuofia
POETRY: Which is the longest poem?
Consumer’s report
POETRY: In "The Man with the Night Sweats", what is the speaker's ailment?
AIDS
PROSE: Who is Okonkwo’s favorite child?
Ezinma
POETRY: Mention one semantic field present in a poem. Provide three words
Ss answers
PROSE: What is one example of irony in the novel?
The DC writing “a paragraph”
PROSE: What animal is sacred?
Python
PROSE: How does Nwoye feel about traditional Igbo religion?
POETRY: Which poem contains highly precise anatomical vocabulary?
“The Spirit…”
POETRY: Mention a sonnet
“Ozymandias”
POETRY: Which poem contains the alliteration "dental dexterity"?
The Planners
PROSE: What happens to Ikemefuna?
He is killed
POETRY: Mention a poem with an extended metaphor
“On Finding…” “Consumers report”
PROSE: What is Achebe’s purpose in writing Things Fall Apart?
Ss answer
PROSE: What sport is played during the village festival?
Wrestling
POETRY: Mention one relevant device in "Long Distance II" (be specific)
Ss answers
POETRY: Which poem contains this simile? "I said ‘I feel the top of my head / has floated off, out through the window, / revolving like a flying saucer.’"
The Telephone Call
POETRY: Mention a relevant device in "Funeral Blues" and explain
Hyperbole, alliteration
PROSE: How does Achebe show that “things fall apart” both personally for Okonkwo and socially for Umuofia?
POETRY: Which poem begins and ends in the exact same way?
“Away, Melancholy”
POETRY: Which poems strongly criticize progress and modernity?
The Planners, The City Planners
PROSE: What happens during the Week of Peace?
Okonkwo beats his youngest wife
POETRY: In which poem does the poet present their ideas on power?
“Ozymandias”
PROSE: What is an ogbanje child?
A cursed spirit
PROSE: What is Okonkwo’s greatest fear?
To resemble his father
POETRY: What poem did Margaret Atwood write?
The City Planners
POETRY: What is pathetic fallacy? Mention a poem which has it
Rain
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