The Literature, Cultures and Social Issues of West Africa Midterm Exam Total 50 points; 10 points each answer Copy this document. Answer the questions below and submit your midterm. 1. Define and fully explain three key religious concepts in Igbo traditional Religion based upon the novel Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe. Support your points with quotes from the novel and supply page numbers for your citations. 2. Explain at least two general theories of right and wrong in the traditional Igbo worldview in the novel Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe. Support your points with quotes from the novel and supply page numbers for your citations. 3. Apply the general theories of right and wrong in the traditional Igbo worldview to the life of the protagonist Okonkwo in Things Fall Apart. Consider Okonkwo’s yams, his offenses against the Earth Goddess Ani, his reaction to his exile and his demise. Support your points with quotes from the novel and supply page numbers for your citations. 4. Cite two model Igbos in the traditional Igbo world view in Things Fall Apart. Describe each character and explain why he or she is a model Igbo. Support your points with at least one quote about each character and supply page numbers for your citations. 5. Determine whether or not Okonkwo, a talented Igbo who strives to succeed in the traditional world, is a microcosm of the Igbo worldview and Igbo society. Is he an overzealous Igbo with the potential to earn the highest titles in the land? Is he completely off balance and a disgrace to the Igbo community? How do you explain the proverb, “The clan was like a lizard; if it lost its tail it soon grew another”? (Chapter 20 p. 121) Support your point with at least two quotes from the novel and supply page numbers for your citations.
