Round 4: Tossup 8

The protagonist of this novel fears that his worsening eyesight might necessitate an assistant after viewing the moon from the specially constructed back entrance of his hut. A group of laborers in this novel are whipped amidst their growing resentment over working on a road for free after losing the arbitration of a conflict in this novel. A character in this novel betrays his father by locking up a royal python in a box to die of asphyxiation. A character in this novel refuses to call the New Yam Feast after being (10[1]-5[1])sent to prison for refusing to become the “white man’s chief.” The rotting yams and the death of Obika (-5[1])cause (-5[1])villagers (-5[1])in this novel to abandon the god Ulu and accept (10[1])the “immunity” of the Christian god (-5[1])offered by John Goodcountry. For 10 points, name this Chinua Achebe novel (-5[2])titled for an Igbo proverb that depicts the downfall of the priest Ezeulu. ■END■ (10[2]0[3])

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