Round 6: 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 (-5[2])after being sent to prison for refusing to become the “white man’s chief.” The rotting yams and the death of (-5[1])Obika cause villagers in this novel 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 (-5[1])Achebe novel titled for an Igbo proverb that depicts the downfall (-5[1])of the priest (-5[1])Ezeulu. (-5[1])■END■ (10[3]0[4])

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