What land to the rulers of Mbanta give missionaries build their church?
A part of the Evil Forest.
What was the Evil Forest?
It is were all those who die of horrible diseases are buried.
Home for undesirable people.
Nwoye is interested in the new faith of the missionaries, why does he keep it a secret?
He fears what his father will do.
Who was the first female convert?
Nneka
Why do the people of Mbanta expect all the missionaries to die after 7 weeks have passed?
It is well known that the gods would allow men to defy them for some time but 7 weeks or 28 days is the limit. (150)
What happens to the missionaries after 7 weeks?
They are still alive.
What does Okonkwo do when he finds out Nwoye went to the Christian Church?
He beats him.
Who told Nwoye for going to the Christian Church?
Amiku, Okonkwo's cousin
What was Nwoye's plan?
To convert his family to the christian faith, but not his father.
What is the popular name Okonkwo goes by?
The Roaring Flame
Who tells Okonkwo to stop yelling at Nwoye?
Okonkwo uncle, Uchendu
What did the missionaries bring besides religion?
Government
What were the outcasts called?
Osu
How would Okonkwo like to deal with the missionaries?
Chase them out of the village with whips
What does the rest of the Mbanta clan decide to do with the missionaries?
Ostracize them.
Why does the clan decide to stop their punishment of the missionaries?
he man who killed the python (Okoli) becomes ill and dies, which showed that the gods were still able to fight their own battles.
Why does Okonkwo host a big feast?
His 7 year old exile is almost over, and he hosts a feast to thank his mother's kinsmen before he leaves Mbanta.
What does Okonkwo have his friend Obierika do for him back in Umuofia?
Build him two huts for when he returns.
What did the clan think of Mr. Kiaga?
He's mad/crazy, but harmless.
What did Mr. Kiaga tell outcasts to do?
Told them to shave off their long, tangled hair.
What was the church doing in preparation for easter?
Mr. Kiaga asked women to bring red earth, white chalk, and water
What happened when the women tried to gather the water and red earth?
They were whipped, and outlawed from the village.
What was the royal/scared python?
-Emanation of the water god
-Most valued animal in all the clans
What do they call the royal python?
"Our Father"
Was there a punishment for killing the python?
No, no one thought it would ever happen.
Who was the person who was said to have killed the Python?
Okoli
What did Okonkwo regret?
His exile.
What are rainbows called?
Python of the sky
What did Okonkwo name his first child born to him in exile?
Nneka, which means "Mother of Supreme"
What did Okonkwo name his second child born to him in exile?
Nwofia, which means "Begotten in the Wilderness"
Why did Obiageli call Ezimia "Salt"?
Because she disliked the cold water dropping on her back.
Why were the tuber plants small?
Because there was poor soil
What did Uchendu say not to pray for?
Wealth, and money.
Who long was Okonkwo banished?
7 years
What Ezimia called?
"Crystal of Beauty"
She is also considered the most beautiful in the clan.
What moods does Ezimia have?
She is bipolar, and can be snappy at times.
Why did Ezimia refuse to marry the many young men?
Because her father said for her to wait till he returns to Umuofia.
What did the missionaries build?
A court.
What names do the court messengers go by?
-Kotma
-Ashy Buttocks
What did the court messengers do?
-Guarded prison
-Beat men who did not listen to the white mans law
What are men like from Abame?
Weak and foolish
Why did Obierika say it's too late to fight back?
Because too many people have converted and they are too powerful.
What happened to Aneto?
He was hanged in Umuru.
Why is the white man clever?
Because he came peacefully, and allowed him to stay, which he then won over there brothers.
Who says this quote? "He has put a knife on the things that held us together and we have fallen apart"
Obierika
Why the white man brought in a "lunatic religion", what did it also bring?
Money flowed into Umuofia
What member of flock difficult to restrain?
Enoch
What did Enoch do?
Rumor is that he killed and eaten the sacred python, and his father cursed him.
What was Mr. Brown given as a sign of dignity?
A carved elephant tusk.
What's the parallel God in the Ibo culture to the Christian faith?
Chukwu
What did Mr. Brown establish?
A school and little hospital.
What did Nwoye change his name to?
Issac
Who was Mr. Brown's successor?
Reverend James Smith
What is one of the greatest crimes a man can commit?
Unmask an Egwugwu in public.
Who was Mr. Smith's interpreter?
Okeko
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What happened to Okonkwo in the end?
He hanged himself
What did Obierika tell the commisioner?
That the commisioner had driven Okonkwo to kill himself
What was the commisioner's reaction to Okonkwo's death?
He thought about how he could use the incident in his book.
What disturbed Okonkwo so much about Nwoye's actions?
He was concerned that Nwoye & his other male children would abandon their ancestors.
What group wanted to be admitted into the Christian church?
-Osu (outcasts)
What does Okonkwo wear to the town meeting?
A war dress
What does Okonkwo do at the town meeting?
He kills two court messengers
Why won't the clansmen touch Okonkwo's body and tell that the white men should do it?
They consider suicide a grave sin and that his body is now evil
What do the villagers do as revenge for Enoch's act?
Burn down his compound and the church
What does the district commisioner do to the village leaders, including Okonkwo?
He has thrown them in jail for days
How do the villagers free the men?
They collectively pay a large fine
What have the white men brought in addition to the church, school, and hospital?
A govt. and judicial system that overrides clan decisions
What happened to Mr. Brown?
He becomes sick and has to leave his church
How does the clan meet Okonkwo's return?
Indifferently
What happens 28 after the church is built?
Because nothing bad happens to the missionaries, some villagers convert
What does Nwoye do when Okonkwo confronts him about his activity with the church?
He says nothing and leaves his father forever
Which villagers start flocking to the church and become some of its most vocal members?
Villagers without a title and outcasts
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Where did the missionaries spend their first four or five nights and where did they relocate?
Marketplace; village to preach the gospel
What was the response of the villagers when the missionaries asked to see their king?
They had no king but rather men of high title, chief priests, and elders
After the 'king-like people' assembled, what did the missionaries ask for?
Plot of land to build on for their shrine
Did the elders, men of high title, and chief priests give the missionaries anything? If so, what was it?
A plot of land in the Evil Forest
Why did they lack in reluctance from offering this plot of land?
They did not want the missionaries near the clan, they thought they would not accept the offer or die in a few days
The missionaries boasted about victory over death
How much of this land plot did the villagers offer the missionaries?
As much as they wanted
What was the missionaries' reaction to the offer?
Grateful, burst into song
What did the missionaries do the morning after the land was provided to them?
Began to clear it
What was the expectation(s) of the villagers about the missionaries building upon this land plot?
Mbanta residents expected them to die within 4 days.
What was situationally ironic about this expectation?
The men didn't die
What assumption did the villagers of Mbanta utilize to justify the continuation of the lives of the missionaries?
The white man's religion had unbelievable power. They wore glasses in order to see and talk to evil spirits.
What did this assumption lead to?
The missionaries winning their first three converts
What was Nwoye's initial reaction to the arrival of missionaries?
Always drawn to the religion, stayed away from missionaries b/c Okonkwo disproved, joined their preachings, new Christian stories
Who was Mr. Kiaga?
Interpreter, in charge of infant congregation
What did the white man do when he went back to Umuofia?
Built HQs, paid regular visits to Mr. Kiaga's congregation
What was Mr. Kiaga's message of invitation after the church was constructed?
"We have now built a church, and we want you all to come in EVERY SEVENTH DAY to worship the true god"
Describe the church and its location from Nwoye's perspective on the following Sunday.
Read-earth and thatch, men were singing; on circular clearing in the mouth of the Evil Forest
How long was a market week?
4 days
How long did the Gods of Mbanta provide lenience for defying their religion?
7 market weeks
What did some of the converts do as the seven market week mark was approaching?
Suspend their allegiance to the church/ Christianity
What happened on the 28th day of the church despite the foretellings of the native religion?
The converts survived
What happened that same week to the convert population?
The church won more converts
What was the name of the first woman convert?
Nneka(IOP QUESTION 15!!!)
What was significant to her husband about the loss of Nneka from the native religion?
Her husband was happy b/c even as she was pregnant now, the 4 previous times she had given birth, she had born twins:( and they were cast intot he Evil Forest.
What was the name of Okonkwo's cousin?
Amikwu
What significant role did he play in the relationship between Okonkwo and Nwoye?
He saw Nwoye with the Christians and told Okonkwo, worsened it
What was Okonkwo's reaction to this comment?
Physically unaffected but mentally enraged
What did Okonkwo do when he saw Nwoye after this incident?
Chokes and threatens Nwoye
Who stops Okonkwo from killing Nwoye?
Uchendu
What was Nwoye's reaction to this incident?
Walked away to the church and never returned
What does Nwoye tell Mr. Kiaga at the church?
He wants to go to Umuofia where the white man created a church that practices literacy for young Christians
What does Mr. Kiaga say in response?
"Blessed is he who forsakes his father and mother for my sake"
What was Nwoye's plan?
To return to his mother and siblings and convert them
Okonkwo demonstrates the IB DP Learner profile trait, REFLECTIVE, in his obi after the incident with Nwoye. How?
He thought about it, decided not to wipe out the missionaries and converts, decided Nwoye was not worth fighting for, thinks about the future
Why was Okonkwo's nickname Roaring Flame?
He was a flaming fire, he was famous at Nwoye's age
MUY IMPORTANTE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Living fire begets cold, impotent ash
SYMBOL
Log fire
What interference in the old customs did people who resided in the Evil Forest conduct?
Save the twins (shoutout to savannah white)
What response did the villagers have when the converts boasted that all their gods were dead and they were going to burn their shrines?
Said go and burn your mother's genitals, seized and beaten, soaked with blood
What rumors spread about the church?
Brought government, built a place of judgment in Umuofia to protect religious followers, hung a man who killed a missionary
Why didn't anyone kill a Christian or take any of the so called 'fairytales' into serious thought?
Missionaries were mad but harmless, no one could kill the converts as they would be banished and they belonged to the clan; they did not affect the relationship between the church and clan, if they went out of control they would drive the Christians out, the church was to absorbed in its own problems
What actions did the osu initially take towards the church?
They thought they would be equally received just as the church received twins, two went into church on Sunday
How did the members of the church react?
Reluctant, thought the heathen would think low of them, didn't leave church just shifted seats, raised a protest
How did Mr. Kiaga react?
Before God there is no difference between a slave and a free person. We should accept these people and if the heathen laugh, God will laugh at them on judgement day
What is the reluctant convert's reaction to Mr. Kiaga's reluctance to listen to the POV of the church members?
He says there are things we can teach you such as the definition of an osu
Describe the reluctant convert
Dedicated to God, taboo, cannot marry free people, outcast, lives close to the Great Shrine, matted hair, cannot take title
What did the outcasts do in order to express their devotion to Christianity?
Shave off their heads
What did one of the osu who shaved his head do to bring the church into conflict with the clan?
Kill the sacred python
What was the python?
The emanation of the god of water, most revered animal, 'Our Father'
What is the punishment for killing the royal python?
Accidentally-expensive burial ceremony
Purposely-no set punishment b/c it was unexpected that someone would do so
What did the rulers decide the punishment was?
Ostracize the Christians
Who was Mr. Brown?
The white missionary
How long has it been since the people had converted?
18 months
What were the people to do in preparation for Easter?
Women sent to retrieve red dirt and white chalk to scrub the church
What groups did the women divide into to achieve this task?
Water-pots to stream
Basket to the village earth pit
Chalk quarry
Why were the women whipped and why did they return empty-handed to the church?
They were outlawed(as proclaimed by the bell-man) because OKOLI killed the sacred python
Why could Okoli not defend his side of the story?
He had died
What were the names of the children born to Okonkwo in exile?
Nneka and Nwofia(Begotten in the Wilderness)
What did Okonkwo do as soon as he reached his 7th year in exile?
Sent money to Obierka to build two huts in his compound
What happened when the last rains of the year had fell?
Obierka finished building the huts, and Okonkwo began to prepare for his return
What was the rainbow called?
The python of the sky
What would each of Okonkwo's wives prepare for the feast
Ekwefi-cassava
Smoked fish, palm oil, and pepper for the soup
What did Obiageli call Ezinma b/c she disliked water?
Salt
What did Okonkwo never do things by?
Halves
How many goats were slaughtered?
3
Who was invited to the feast?
Ummuna and decendants of Okolo(200 years back oldest member Uchendu)
What did Uchendu pray to the ancestors for?
Health and Children
Why was yam pottage served first?
Lihter than foo-foo, yam always served first
What was Okonkwo's plan?
Return with a flourish, rebuild his compound(bigger), build bigger barn and huts, initiating sons to the ozo society, take highest title
How many sons did Okonkwo have?
5+Nwoye(Youngest son 4 years old)
What was Ezinma called?
Crystal of Beauty
Who convinces Obiageli not to marry until Okonkwo returns?
Ezinma
How had Umuofia changed?
Church converted people, white government, white court system
Who was an example of an important person that the church converted?
Ogbuefi Ugonna(#7!!!!!!!!!!)
One of the first men to receive Holy Communion/Feast
Explain the white court system.
District Commisioner(Judge)
Court messengers(mainly from Umuru)kotma
Where was the white center of religion, trade, and government?
Umuru
How did the prison work?
Guarded by kotma
Beated prisoners
Cleared govt compound
Cut grass in morning
Fetched wood for white commissioner
How did the white man wipe out the Abame?
They were weak and foolish
Why is it too late to drive the Christians out according to Obierka?
Family has converted, easy to drive out 2 men in Umuofia but converts would go to Umuru and bring the soldiers... Just like the tragedy of Abame
What happened to the disputed piece of land?
Whites decided it should go to Nnama's family b/c they gave money to whites
Does the white man understand the custom of land?
No b/c they do not even speak the same language but both the whites and converts say the customs are bad
Why is the white man clever?
He came peacefully with his religion, the villagers thought he was foolish and let him stay
OMG IMPORTANT *TITULAR* *!!!!!!!!!* dang ria you know your vocab
"He has put a knife on the things that held us together and we have fallen apart."
How did they get ahold of Aneto to hang him?(IOP QUESTION!!!!!!!!)
He killed Oduche in a fight over the land and fled to Aninta 8 days after. Oduche died on the 7th day. The white man was informed who sent his kotma to capture him. He was HANGED(not hung Nikki lol) at Umuru.
What economic benefit did the arrival of the White Man have in Umuofia
Palm oil and kernel became items of value
Which convert was difficult to restrain?
Enoch, the son of the priest of the snake cult) who had killed and eaten the sacred python and was cursed by his father
Explain Mr. Brown's popularity.
Respected by clan, trod softly on faith, been given a carved elephant tusk(SYMBOL!!! Dignity and Rank), Akunna gave his son to Mr. Brown's school
Demonstrate how the IB DP Trait Open-minded is shown.
Akunna and Mr. Brown talk but never converted each other
Explain the parallel God to the Christian God
Chukwu made heaven, Earth, and other Gods.
Explain Mr. Brown and Akunna's explanation of the Ikenga(SYMBOL!)
Wood is called God but it is still wood. It is still made by Chukwu
Why should Chukwu be feared?
Sometimes people may not do his will
How did Akunna indirectly help Mr. Brown spread Christianity?
Taught him about religion of the clan(therefore frontal attack would not be sufficient)
What was Mr. Brown's new course of action?
He built a school and little hospital, begged, pleaded, agrued about necessity of literacy
What was another way Mr. Brown drew in people to utilize his utilities?
Gifted them towels and singlets
Were students all young?
No some were 30
What jobs were awarded?
Few months-Court messenger/clerk, Longer-teachers
How did Mr. Brown's health waver?
Got sick, ignored it, left village
What did the missionary do as soon as he heard of Okonkwo's return 5 months earlier?
Visited him, Sent Nwoye to the new training college for teachers in Umuru
How did Okonkwo's return in reality submerge under his expectations?
Not as memorable, he was not noticed
Why didn't Okonkwo immediately initiated his sons into the ozo society which would have provoked attention?
Initiation rite performed once in 3 years so he had to wait 2 years
Who was Mr. Brown's successor?
Reverend James Smith(Allusion maybe??? or even name symbolism???)
How did Mr. Smith's personality differ from that of Mr. Brown?
Condemned compromise, saw things as black(evil) and white, saw the world as a battlefield, wanted to slay the prophets of Baal(Biblical allusion!)
How did Mr. Smith see numbers?
Kingdom of god did not depend on large crowds, Lord stressed fewness, narrow is the way and few the number, the Lord used his whip once to drive away crowds
Within a few weeks of his arrival, what did Mr. Smith do?
Suspended a woman(allowed her heathen husband to mutilate her 4x obanje) from the church for pouring new wine into old bottles.
AS A MAN DANCED THE DRUMS WERE BEATEN FOR HIM. Explain this in the context of Mr. Smith.
Drums went mad
What happened to Enoch under Mr. Smith?
Flourished, more devoted
Describe Enoch
Short, slight of build, hasty, short-broad feet, bowlegged, fighter, on Sundays he thought the sermon was for his enemies
What happened during the annual ceremony(Sunday)?
Ancestors of the clan who were devoted to Earth emerged as egwugwu
What was one of the greatest crimes a man could commit?
Unmask an egwugwu in public or reduce an egwugwu's immortal prestige in any way
What happened when the egwugwu were retiring to allow Christian women to pass?
Enoch bet that they would not touch a Christian, one hit Enoch with a cane, Enoch unmasked one
What did the Mother Of Spirits do that night?
Walked along the clan, wept loudly for her murdered son
What happened in the market place the next morning?
Egwugwu assembled, the sacred BULL-ROARER was heard in broad daylight
What were the elder wearing as they marched to Enoch's compound?
Heavy protections of charms and amulets(men strong in ogwu)
What did the Christians decide to help Enoch?
Pray, hide him in the parsonage(1-2 days)
What did the people do to Enoch's compound?
Used machete and fire and destroyed it
WHat did the people do at the church?
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Why was Okeke not at terms with Mr. Smith?
He said Enoch should not have been hiddenin the parsonage
Who was the leading egwugwu of Umuofia?
Ajofia
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