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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2 (Parts I-IV): "The Language of African Theatre".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is quoted in Chapter 1, Part V as having said, "... the blacks ... are inferior to the whites on the endowments of both body and mind ..." (18)?
(a) Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel.
(b) Gabriel Okara.
(c) Thomas Jefferson.
(d) Sir H. Rider Haggard.

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

3. About how often was the Ituĩka ceremony held by the Agĩkũyũ?
(a) Every 15 years.
(b) Every 10 years.
(c) Every 25 years.
(d) Every 30 years.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When was the Ituĩka ceremony banned in Kenya?

2. What were largely featured as the main characters in the stories that Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o grew up listening to as a child?

3. What term used by the author in the Introduction is defined by him as having the effect of annihilating a people's belief in their names, languages, unity, and ultimately, themselves?

4. From whom does the author borrow the phrase "empty space" in Chapter 2, Part III (37)?

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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