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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who wrote A Room of One's Own?
(a) Virginia Woolf.
(b) Gakaara wa Wanjaũ.
(c) Alan Paton.
(d) Frantz Fanon.

2. In the book Facing Mount Kenya, the Ituĩka ceremony is described as lasting how long?
(a) Two weeks.
(b) Two months.
(c) Six months.
(d) Three months.

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

4. Where was Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o detained?
(a) Kĩgũũnda Maximum Security Prison.
(b) Kĩmaathi Maximum Security Prison.
(c) Kamiti Maximum Security Prison.
(d) Ituĩka Maximum Security Prison.

5. What was the wall made of that stood at the back of the stage at Kamĩrĩĩthũ?
(a) Bamboo.
(b) Mud.
(c) Stucco.
(d) Mesh cloth.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did the capitalist powers of Europe carve up the continent of Africa into different colonies in the late 1800s?

2. The author states in Chapter 1, Part IV, "Language as culture is the collective memory bank of a people's" what (15)?

3. When was This Time Tomorrow written?

4. What dance is despicted in the scene from Ngaahika Ndeenda that is presented in Chapter 2, Part V?

5. Who invented mathematical science?

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