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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3 (Parts I-III): "The Language of African Fiction" .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The author poses the question in Chapter 1, Part VIII, "What is the difference between a politician who says Africa cannot do without imperialism and the writer who says Africa cannot do without" what (26)?
(a) "Western ideologies."
(b) "European culture."
(c) "Western philosophies."
(d) "European languages."

2. When did the Kenya Land and Freedom Army usher in the era of modern guerilla warfare in Africa?
(a) 1965.
(b) 1959.
(c) 1952.
(d) 1956.

3. From whom does the author borrow the phrase "empty space" in Chapter 2, Part III (37)?
(a) Peter Brook.
(b) Alan Paton.
(c) Ngũgĩ wa Mĩriĩ.
(d) Obi Wali.

4. In what language is Caitaani mũtharaba-Inĩ written?
(a) Hausa.
(b) Ashanti.
(c) Swahili.
(d) Gĩkũyũ.

5. On what date did Ngaahika Ndeenda open to a paying audience?
(a) October 2, 1977.
(b) March 30, 1977.
(c) September 12, 1976.
(d) June 12, 1978.

Short Answer Questions

1. What cell number did Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o have in prison?

2. Where was gunpowder invented?

3. The author states in Chapter 1, Part V that economic and political control can never be complete or effective without what?

4. In Ngaahika Ndeenda, Wangeci's monologue describes the Olengurueni women who were driven from their lands around where?

5. In Chapter 1, Part IV, the author states that "Language, any language, has a dual character: it is both a means of communication and" what (13)?

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