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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1 (Parts VI-IX): "The Language of African Literature" .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was Things Fall Apart published?
(a) 1959.
(b) 1982.
(c) 1962.
(d) 1969.

2. What language did Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o speak growing up?
(a) Bantu.
(b) Ashanti.
(c) Gĩkũyũ.
(d) Hausa.

3. How many wives did Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o's father have?
(a) Four.
(b) Three.
(c) Five.
(d) Two.

4. What does the word "axiomatic" mean, as used in Chapter 1, Part I?
(a) Mean-spirited.
(b) Arbitrary.
(c) Self-evident.
(d) Subjugating.

5. The author states in Chapter 1, Part V that economic and political control can never be complete or effective without what?
(a) Environmental control.
(b) Physical control.
(c) Agricultural control.
(d) Mental control.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote Catching Them Young?

2. When did the author submit The River Between to a writing competition by the East African Literature Bureau?

3. When did Gakaara wa Wanjaũ earn the Noma Award for his secret diary he kept while in political detention?

4. What language did the President of the Kamuzu Academy instruct should occupy a central place in the curriculum?

5. Where is the campus of Makerere University College located that the author attended a historic meeting of African writers as described in Chapter 1, Part II?

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