Round 2: 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 sent to prison (-5[2])for refusing to become the “white man’s chief.” The rotting (-5[1])yams and the death of Obika (-5[1])cause villagers (-5[1])in this novel (-5[1])to abandon the god Ulu and accept the “immunity” of the Christian god offered by John Goodcountry. (-5[1])For 10 points, name this Chinua Achebe novel titled for an Igbo proverb that depicts the downfall of the priest Ezeulu. ■END■ (10[2]0[5])

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