ENG II FINAL EXAM REVIEW 2017

Unformatted text preview:English II Honors Final Exam Review Part One: Things Fall Apart 1. What is the name of Okonkwo’s motherland? 2. What holy animal does Okonkwo’s clan suspect the Christians have killed and eaten? 3. What is the name of the first missionary who comes to Umuofia? 4. How many villages does Umuofia comprise? 5. Whom did Okonkwo beat in his legendary wrestling match? 6. In what country does Things Fall Apart take place? 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? 8. What is an ogbanje? 9. What does Okonkwo constantly wish Ezinma had been? 10. What does a palm tapper tap? 11. For what reason is Okonkwo exiled? 12. What are the outcasts required to do before they may join the church? Identify the speaker of each quote 26. “It’s true that a child belongs to its father, but when a father beats his child, it seeks sympathy in its mother’s hut. A man belongs to his fatherland when things are good and life is sweet. But when there is sorrow and bitterness he finds refuge in his motherland. Your mother is there to protect you. She is buried there. And that is why we say that mother is supreme.” 27. “We do not ask for wealth because he that has health and children will also have wealth. We do not pray to have more money but to have more kinsmen. We are better than animals because we have kinsmen.” 28. “That man was one of the greatest men in Umuofia. You drove him to kill himself; and now he will be buried like a dog.” 29. “There is no story that is not true. The world has no end, and what is good among one people is an abomination with others.” 30. “Nna ayi” he said, “I have brought you this little kola. As our people say, a man who pays respect to the great, paves the way for his own greatness.” 13. What is the name of Okonkwo’s second wife? 14. Where are the Christian women forbidden to go when the clan hears of the killing of a royal python? 15. What does Okonkwo do even though he is advised not to? 16. What crop is king for the Igbo? 17. When the Igbo refer to the “iron-horse,” what do they mean? 18. What is the polite name for leprosy among the Igbo? 19. When do the clan members share the kola nut? 20. In the allegory of Tortoise, what do the birds give to Tortoise? 21. What does Enoch do to provoke the rage of the clan? 22. How does Okonkwo die? 23. Why are the villagers happy when the locusts arrive? 24. What does Okonkwo fear most? 25. The title Things Fall Apart is taken from a poem by whom? 31. “Those were good days when a man had friends in distant clans. Your generation does not know that. You stay at home, afraid of your next-door neighbor. Even a man’s motherland is strange to him nowadays.” 32. “Beware, Okonkwo! Beware of exchanging words with Agbala. Does a man speak when a god speaks? Beware!” 33. “Worthy men are no more. Isike will never forget how we slaughtered them in that war. We killed twelve of their men and they killed only two of ours. Before the end of the fourth market week they were suing for peace. Those were the days when men were men.” 34. “We have been sent by this great God to ask you to leave your wicked ways and false gods and turn to him so that you may be saved when you die,” he said. 35. “How do you think we can fight when our own brothers have turned against us? The white man is very clever. He came quietly and peaceably with his religion. We were amused at his foolishness and allowed him to stay. Now he has won our brothers, and our clan can no longer act like one. He has put a knife on the things that held us together and we have fallen apart.” 1 English II Honors Final Exam Review Describe each character: 36. Unoka 37. Ezinma 38. Nwoye 39. Nwakibie 40. Ojiubo 41. Ikemefuna 42. Ekwefi 43. Obierka 44. Describe the incident with the sacred python. 45. Describe the meeting to determine Obierika’s daughter’s bride price. 46. Describe the Feast of the New Yam. 47. Briefly retell the story of the destruction of Abame. 2...
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