Things Fall Apart Chapter 25 Quiz

Why is Okonkwo’s death considered an abomination?

What news shocks the men who go to fetch Okonkwo?

What does the Commissioner think about African customs?

Who does Obierika blame for Okonkwo’s death?

Where does Chapter 25 take place at the beginning?

How does the ending of the novel affect the reader’s understanding of Achebe’s purpose?

What does Obierika’s speech to the Commissioner convey?

What does the Commissioner’s attitude reveal about colonialism?

What is ironic about the Commissioner’s final thoughts?

What does the Commissioner feel while looking at Okonkwo’s body?

How do the clansmen react to seeing Okonkwo’s body?

Who leads the men to Okonkwo’s body?

How does Obierika describe Okonkwo to the Commissioner?

What literary device is used in the Commissioner’s closing thoughts?

Where is Okonkwo’s body found?

What is the Commissioner thinking about writing at the end of the chapter?

What is the title of the Commissioner’s planned book?

Who will perform the burial of Okonkwo?

Why does Obierika weep during the scene?

What has happened to Umuofia by this chapter?

What custom forbids the clan from touching Okonkwo’s body?

What does the tree from which Okonkwo hangs himself symbolize?

What emotion best describes the District Commissioner’s attitude toward Okonkwo’s death?

Why does the District Commissioner visit Umuofia in Chapter 25?

What theme is most strongly represented in Chapter 25?

What does Okonkwo’s death symbolize?

What broader message does Achebe convey through Okonkwo’s suicide?

Why can the men of Umuofia not bury Okonkwo themselves?

What does Obierika ask the District Commissioner to do?

What phrase does Achebe use to end the novel’s final irony?