How much do you know about the author of Things Fall Apart? Take the Chinua Achebe quiz from eNotes to find out. Contains ten questions about the Nigerian novelist, poet, professor, and critic.
True or False: Achebe never lived in the United States; he hated the U.S.
True or False: Things Fall Apart is the most widely read of all African novels
Which famous author did Achebe once call "a bloody racist"?
Achebe became an ambassador of which African nation?
What was Chinua Achebe's given first name?
Achebe's final position as a professor was at which prestigious college?
What did Achebe often defend despite receiving much critiscim?
Where was Chinua Achebe born?
How did Achebe become partially disabled?
Things Fall Apart was Achebe's __________ novel.
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