LOTF Jeopardy

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Ibo Potpourri
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Final Jeopardy
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100 Question from Characters
The tragic hero of TFA, he is obsessed with
honor, tradition, and masculinity.
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100 Answer from Characters
Who is Okonkwo?
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200 Question from Characters
Okonkwos daughter, she was once thought to be an
Ogbanje.
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200 Answer from Characters
Who is Ezinma?
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300 Question from Characters
A kindly missionary, he urges the Ibo to educate
themselves and their children.
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300 Answer from Characters
Who is Mr. Brown?
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400 Question from Characters
Priestess of the Hills and Caves, she refers to
Ezinma as My Daughter.
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400 Answer from Characters
Who is Chielo?
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500 Question from Characters
This character says that the motivation of
colonizers is pacification of the primitive
tribes.
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500 Answer from Characters
Who is The District Commisioner?
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100 Question from Quotes
Character that says the following My father,
they have killed me!
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100 Answer from Quotes
Who is Ikemefuna?
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200 Question from Quotes
He says the following Our elders say that the
sun will shine on those who stand before it
shines on those who kneel under them. I shall
pay my big debts first.
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200 Answer from Quotes
Who is Unoka?
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300 Question from Quotes
He says, You should not think of Him as a
person. It is because you do so that you imagine
He must need helpers. And the worst thing about
it is that you give all the worship to the false
gods you have created.
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300 Answer from Quotes
Who is Mr. Brown?
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400 Question from Quotes
He says, You have all seen the great abomination
of your brother. Now he is no longer my son or
your brother. I will only have a son who is a
man, who will hold his head up among my people.
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400 Answer from Quotes
Who is Okonkwo?
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500 Question from Quotes
The person described by this quote, In the many
years in which he had toiled to bring
civilization to Africa he had learned a number of
things. One of them was that he must never
attend to such undignified details as cutting a
hanged man from a tree.
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500 Answer from Quotes
Who is the District Commissioner?
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100 Question from Related Lit.
Ekwefis Fable of the Tortoise reflects this
Ibo value.
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100 Answer from Related Lit.
What is justice, or, what goes around comes
around?
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200 Question from Related Lit.
Achebe wrote TFA as a direct reaction to this
Joseph Conrad novel.
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200 Answer from Related Lit.
What is Heart of Darkness?
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300 Question from Related Lit.
The Yeats poem The Second Coming contains many
allusions to this biblical text.
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300 Answer from Related Lit.
What is The Book of Revelation?
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400 Question from Related Lit.
The image of the slow beast slouching towards
Bethlehem from The Second Coming is symbolic
of this.
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400 Answer from Related Lit.
What is Yeatss fear at the dawning of a new
era/gyre?
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500 Question from Related Lit.
Post-colonial literature, or works created by
individuals from colonized countries, is often
concerned with this.
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500 Answer from Related Lit.
What is describing the influence and effects of
Western culture on native Traditions.
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100 Question from Important Issues
This is the difference between a masculine
killing and a feminine killing, as understood
by the Ibo
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100 Answer from Important Issues
Answers will vary
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200 Question from Important Issues
Okonkwos return to his Motherland reflects this
about the Ibo.
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200 Answer from Important Issues
What is the emphasis on compassion that serves as
a counterbalance to Ibo warrior/masculine values.
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300 Question from Important Issues
Enochs killing of the sacred python represents
this important trend depicted in the novel.
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300 Answer from Important Issues
What is the growing influence of
Christianity and the declining respect for Ibo
taboos?
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400 Question from Important Issues
The Ibo belief in the ability of a man to shape
his own character is reflected by this proverb.
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400 Answer from Important Issues
What is When a men says yes, his chi says yes
also or If a man washes his hands, he may eat
with kings?
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500 Question from Important Issues
The quote The world has no end, and what is good
among one people is an abomination with others
(Uchendu) reflects this important theme in the
novel.
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500 Answer from Important Issues
What is questioning the existence of a
universally defined morality? (relative/ Cultural
morality v. universal Morality)
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100 Question from Ibo Potpourri
This staple crop is the most important sign of
wealth and status among the Ibo.
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100 Answer from Ibo Potpourri
What is Yam?
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200 Question from Ibo Potpourri
Okonkwo associates these values/traits with
Manliness.
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200 Answer from Ibo Potpourri
What are aggression, honor, strength, stoicism?
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300 Question from Ibo Potpourri
This ceremony serves the function of a
court/trial.
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300 Answer from Ibo Potpourri
What is the Egwugwu ceremony?
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400 Question from Ibo Potpourri
The fact that only men tend yams while women tend
other crops reflects this about Ibo culture.
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400 Answer from Ibo Potpourri
What is the Ibo belief about gender roles?
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500 Question from Ibo Potpourri
Explain the significance of the line Proverbs
are the palm-oil with which words are eaten.
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500 Answer from Ibo Potpourri
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Final Jeopardy
Name at least 3 characteristics of the Tragic
Hero that are evident in Okonkwo.
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Final Jeopardy Answer
Answers will vary.