DeColonizing the Mind Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

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DeColonizing the Mind Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer 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)?

2. 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?

3. Where did Dr. Kimanĩ Gecaũ flee to in 1982?

4. What does "Maitũ Njugĩra" translate to in English?

5. What novel of the author's did he hope to give a transcript of to Chinua Achebe at the writers' conference described in Chapter 1, Part II?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the theater that was erected at the Kamĩrĩĩthũ Community Education and Cultural Centre. Where was it located?

2. What does the author describe as the effects of one's written language being separated from one's environmental language?

3. In his Introduction, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o states that the study of African realities has been too long seen in terms of tribes. What does he mean by this?

4. How does the author describe the significance of land in Kenya?

5. What are the mutually opposed forces in African realities today, according to the author in his Introduction?

6. What does the author mean when he refers to the domination of the mental universe of the colonized?

7. What dramas was the author exposed to during his education?

8. What was Chinua Achebe's stance on language?

9. Describe the Ituĩka ceremony. What was its purpose and how often did it take place?

10. Who is David Diop and what was his perspective on language?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is referred to by the term mental domination in the context of the book? How is language used in mental domination? Why is mental domination necessary in order to achieve economic and political domination over a people?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the publication and distribution of Caitaani Mũtharabainĩ. How many copies were originally ordered? How well did they sell and who bought them? How was the novel consumed by a largely illiterate audience?

Essay Topic 3

What is the African bourgeoisie? How many different threads comprise this social class? What are these threads? Where does the author fall among the classes of Africa?

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