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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When does the author describe attending a historic meeting of African writers in Chapter 1, Part II?
(a) 1959.
(b) 1962.
(c) 1974.
(d) 1972.

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

3. Since when does the author state imperialism has affected the lives of even the peasants in the remotest corners of our countries in his Introduction?
(a) 1865.
(b) 1884.
(c) 1859.
(d) 1896.

4. 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)?
(a) "A carrier of culture."
(b) "A carrier of history."
(c) "A symbol of unity."
(d) "A product of necessity."

5. Where did the capitalist powers of Europe carve up the continent of Africa into different colonies in the late 1800s?
(a) London.
(b) Paris.
(c) Berlin.
(d) Amsterdam.

Short Answer Questions

1. The author notes in his Introduction that the study of African realities has been seen for too long in terms of what?

2. About how many children did Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o's father have?

3. What language did Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o speak growing up?

4. When did Professor Micere Mũgo give a speech in Nairobi entitled "Written Literature and Black Images"?

5. According to the author in Chapter 1, Part I, as an effect of colonization, Africa was defined in the languages of Europe. What three languages does he describe?

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