HEART OF DARKNESS BY JOSEPH CONRAD

25. Answer the following questions. 

(i). What elements in 'Heart of Darkness' appear to be drawn from Conrad's
own life?
(ii). What are the unspeakable rites in 'Heart of Darkness'?
(iii). What does the Congo river symbolize in 'Heart of Darkness'?
(iv). How does Conrad complicate the idea of colonization being 'good'?
What kind of negative effects does it have on both white and the black men
of Africa?
(v). What does darkness represent in 'Heart of Darkness'?
(vi). Trace the role of Russian in 'Heart of Darkness'.
(vii). What is the overall impression of the natives that Conrad produces?
(viii). How does Conrad depict Africans as different from Europeans?
(ix). Which literary devices in 'Heart of Darkness' are proto-Modernist?
(x). Who attacks the steamboat as it reaches the Inner Station?
(xi). Who is the Intended in "Heart of Darkness"?
(xii). What is the major conflict in 'Heart of Darkness'?
(xiii). How are women characterized in 'Heart of Darkness'?
(xiv). What is the message of 'Heart of Darkness'?
(xv). Besides Marlow and Kurtz, other character are not given personal
names. Why? 
(xvi) Why does 'Heart of Darkness' have two competing heroes?
(xvii) Why does Marlow desire to go to Africa?
(xviii) Why is Marlow telling us a story? What does he want to get out of it?
(xix) With what two men does Marlow meet in Brussels?
(xx) What are the two types of devils Marlow describes?
(xxi) Write a short note on Kurtz's gift of gab.
(xxii) When did Kurtz's mother die?
(xxiii) Trace irony in the character of Kurtz.
(xxiv) What does Kurtz say in his final illness?
(xxv) Interpret Kurtz's dying words: 'The horror! The horror!'
4. THINGS FALL APART BY CHINUA ACHEBE
25. Answer the following questions.
(i) From where has Achebe taken the title 'Things Fall Apart'?
(ii) What is the significance of the title 'Things Fall Apart'?
(iii) Describe the Feast of the New Yam.
(iv) What is the meaning of the Igbo proverb, 'When a man says yes
his chi says yes also'?
(v) Why had the men of Umuofia called a meeting?
(vi) What role do egwugwu play in village culture?
(vii) What was considered the greatest crime in Umofia?
(viii) Describe the 'isa-ifi' ceremony.
(ix) What does 'Ezigbo' mean?
(x) What were the ingredients that went into making the medicine for 'iba'?
(xi) Give an account of Chielo's journey to Agbala, having Ezinma on her
back.
(xii) Why was Okonkow famous?
(xiii) According to the oracle, why do Unoko's crops fail year after year?
(xiv) What does the repetition the the number seven suggest in 'Things Fall
Apart'?
(xv) Who brings the pots of wine in 'Uri' ceremony of Obierika's daughter? 
(xvi) Describe an instance of humour in "Things Fall Apart".
(xvii) What were Okonkow's greatest fear and greatest passion?
(xviii) What are the tragic errors or faults in Okonkow that finally lead to his
downfall?
(xix) What is the nature of Okonkow's relationship with Ezinma?
(xx) What present was given to Obierika's daughter and her husband by
Okonkow?
(xxi) Why did Okonkow beat Ojiogo?
(xxii) How did Okonkow prove himself a successful negotiator?
(xxiii) Why is Okonkow against his father?
(xiv) Describe the leader of the Egwugwu and his way of addressing the
people.
(xx) Who was Osu? How was he buried? How was he treated by the
villagers?
(xxi) Who is Chielo and why is she important?
(xii) Describe the relationship between Ekwefi and Ezinma.
(xxiii) In what ways does Reverend James Smith differ from Mr. Brown?
(xxiv) Why does Okonkow kill himself?
(xxv) Why can't Obierika and Okonkow's other friends bury Okonkow's
body? `