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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. For what kind of leave does Obi apply when he has to go home to deal with the news he receives?
2. How does Obi respond to the assertions of Mr. Green and Miss Tomlinson about leave entitlements available to Africans?
3. What do the villagers accuse Obi of after his mother is buried?
4. How does Obi eventually feel about his mother's death?
5. What story does his father share when Obi announces he will leave early to return to Lagos?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does the author place emphasis on describing Obi's deteriorating financial situation after the incidents with Mr. Mark and Elsie, his sister?
2. What cynical comment does the author make concerning Obi's feelings about Elsie Mark's determination to get a scholarship when Elsie Mark visits Obi?
3. What event illustrates the seriousness with which those who want scholarships After Mr. Mark's visit to Obi's office treat applications?
4. How do the incidents at the Roman Catholic convent in demonstrate limitations on social relationships in Lagos?
5. At the beginning of Obi's visit to his parents, how does the author communicate Obi's feelings about his mother?
6. Why is Obi distressed by the reaction of his mother when they discuss Obi's plan to marry Clara?
7. As Obi returns to office while Clara is hospitalized, how do the issues discussed at work contrast with the serious problems facing Obi?
8. How does the second doctor that Clara and Obi visit differ from the first?
9. What makes Obi decide to apply for local leave and visit his home?
10. What changes about Obi's thoughts when Obi approaches Mr. Omo about a salary advance and learns that his financial situation is even worse than he imagines?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Giving specific examples from the text, discuss the dominant aspects of post-colonial literature that are evident in "Things Fall Apart."
Essay Topic 2
What are the major techniques used by Achebe to create an authentic Nigerian setting for the novel?
Essay Topic 3
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.
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