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  Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart takes place among what West African group? see if you know the answer
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  Which African writer is the author of the post-independence novel of social criticism -- and murder mystery -- Petals of Blood (set in Kenya)? see if you know the answer
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Difficulty: difficult
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  Chinua Achebe's short novel, "Things Fall Apart," derived its name from which poem?

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  The way in which Heart of Darkness is narrated is similar in style to ...?

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  Who holds the Guiness World Record for the most translated book by a living author? see if you know the answer
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  Who wrote the novel Ways of Dying, which deals with a main character who is a 'professional mourner' and loves eating green onions? see if you know the answer
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  In Chinua Achebe's book Things Fall Apart, what tribe does Okonkwo belong to? see if you know the answer
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  Which word connects the titles of books by Chinua Achebe, Albert Camus, Edward Gibbon, David Nobbs and Evelyn Waugh? see if you know the answer
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Difficulty: medium
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  Which of the following writers does not hail from Nigeria? see if you know the answer
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  What Post-Colonial writer decried "Heart of Darkness" as a racist text? see if you know the answer
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Difficulty: difficult
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  In Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe, Okonkwo's wealth derives mainly from his crop of which food plant?
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Difficulty: medium
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  Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe

What crop is king for the Igbo people? 		see if you know the answer
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Difficulty: medium
Incorrect: 6 times (7.7%)
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