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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What two big mistakes does Obi make at the big reception that the UPU holds for Obi on Saturday?
2. Why does Obi insist on moving in to stay with Joseph?
3. Where in Lagos does Joseph live?
4. Who chairs the prayer meeting that Obi's parents called before Obi goes to England?
5. While Obi is home enjoying his interaction with his kinsmen, what thoughts does he have that indicate that he harbors resentment against the British?
Short Essay Questions
1. What happens at Obi's job interview with the Public Service Commission?
2. What event foreshadows Obi's experiences with bribery when the boat bringing Clara and Obi back from England docks at Lagos?
3. What immediate effect does Obi's new job have on his financial status and on Clara?
4. What contact has there been between Clara and Obi before being together in the Lagos slum where Clara has a dressmaker?
5. What warning does the Rev. Samuel Ikedi give to Obi On the occasion of the banquet that Obi's father Isaac hold for him before he goes to study in England,?
6. What spoils his homecoming when Obi arrives home in Umuofia?
7. What theory has he developed about ending corruption in Nigeria Before Obi begins to work? How has it evolved and why is it ironic?
8. What two mistakes does Obi make when Obi attends reception held in Lagos by the Umuofian Progressive Union to welcome him home?
9. What views about the "bride-price" do Obi and Joseph discuss after speaking about Obi's job interview?
10. What does Joseph find surprising and what does Obi find disappointing When Obi Joseph takes Obi to dinner at the Pine grove?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
The disclosure at the beginning of the novel that Obi is on trial for accepting bribes necessitates extensive use of flashbacks to describe the evolution of events that bring him to this. Discuss the author's handling of flashbacks as a means of exposition in the novel.
Essay Topic 2
Giving specific examples from the text, discuss the dominant aspects of post-colonial literature that are evident in "Things Fall Apart."
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the role of Obi's father in presenting the perspective of a traditional African converted to Christianity. How does Isaac's embracing of Christianity put him at odds with some of his villagers and establish the theme of contending religious beliefs?
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