Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Frage 1
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What did Okonkwo do whenever he thought of his father’s weakness and failure?
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He beat a few of his children.
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He got drunk for a few days.
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He thought of his own strength and success.
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He prayed to his ancestral gods for strength.
Frage 2
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What did Okonkwo tell himself about his part in Ikemefuna’s death?
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He was proud of himself. He thought it increased his prestige in the clan.
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He told himself the boy didn’t matter, since he was not from the clan.
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He knew he was wrong, and promised to make it up to the boy’s spirit by making
offerings to the Oracle.
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He said he was becoming a woman. A man who had killed five men in battle should not
fall to pieces over the death of a boy.
Frage 3
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Obierika said Okonkwo’s action was the kind of action that would not please the
Earth; that the goddess would wipe out an entire family for such an action.
Frage 4
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What did Ibe and his relatives use to determine a bride price for Obierika’s daughter?
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They held a wrestling match. The winner determined the price.
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They used a bundle of sticks.
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They used kola nuts.
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They used pots of palm wine.
Frage 5
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The men began discussing rumors about white men. Who did the men think the white men were?
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They thought the men were spirits.
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They thought the men were spies from a neighboring village.
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They thought the men were lepers.
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They thought the men were travelers from another part of Africa.
Frage 6
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Ekwefi was jealous of the attention that Okonkwo paid to their daughter, Ezinma.
Frage 7
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Ekwefi had borne ten children, but nine of them had died in infancy. She began
giving them names like “Death, I implore you,” and “May it not happen again.”
Frage 8
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An ogbanje was a wicked child who, when it died, re-entered its mother’s womb
to be born again.
Frage 9
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What did the medicine man do to Ekwefi’s third child when it died?
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He performed a special ceremony that was supposed to make it become good.
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He took it to his own hut and mummified it. That way he could guard it and make sure
it would not bother Ekwefi again.
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He buried it with a lot of good food and a bag of cowries, so that it would be happy and
not return.
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He mutilated the dead child and buried it in the Evil Forest. He said this would make the
ogbange think about coming again.
Frage 10
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What was Ezinma’s iyi-uwa, or link with the ogbanje?
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It was a birth-mark, like a mole, that had to be removed.
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It was a special kind of stone that was buried in the ground.
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It was a yam seed that was square in shape.
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It was a cowry shell that was a different color than the rest.
Frage 11
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How did Okonkwo cure Ezinma’s iba illness?
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He used a voodoo doll.
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He made sacrifices of his best yams to the oracle.
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He brewed a potion made of leaves and herbs, then put her over the steam.
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He sent for the medicine man in the next village.
Frage 12
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What was the purpose of the ceremony described in Chapter 10?
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A woman’s birth family was having a dispute with her husband because he was
mistreating her. The clan spirits would decide the outcome.
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It was to determine how much land to give the man and his new wife.
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It was a fertility right to insure that the couple had many healthy children.
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It was an annual play put on by the elders to remind the men and women how they
should treat each other.