Things Fall Apart Chapters 3-4 Quiz

Things Fall Apart Chapters 3-4 questions

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1. What does Agbala's priestess tell Unoka when he complains about his poor harvests?
   That an enemy in the village has poisoned his soil · That he should plant further away from the river · That he must sacrifice a goat to the earth goddess · That his own idleness, not the gods, ruins his farms
2. What becomes of Unoka's body when he dies?
   He is carried into the Evil Forest and left there · He is given a funeral with drums and gunfire · He is buried among his wife's kinsmen in Mbanta · He is buried at once inside his own compound
3. Why does Nwakibie give Okonkwo seed yams when he has refused other young men?
   Okonkwo offers to marry one of Nwakibie's daughters · Okonkwo has already proved that he will work · Nwakibie owed a debt to Okonkwo's late father · Okonkwo had wrestled on behalf of Nwakibie's village
4. At a kindred meeting Okonkwo dismisses a man who holds no title as a woman. How does an elder rebuke him?
   By ordering him to pay a fine to the earth goddess · By reminding him that his own father held no title · With a proverb recalling that he too began humbly · By refusing to let him speak again at the meeting
5. What does Okonkwo's punishment for beating a wife during the Week of Peace show about the clan?
   Its men may not strike their wives at any time of year · Its elders use fines mainly to enrich the priesthood · Its laws are enforced only when a victim complains · Its gods' demands outrank even a strong man's household rule

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