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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was Janheinz Jahn from?
(a) France.
(b) Germany.
(c) Greenland.
(d) The Netherlands.

2. The author asserts in Chapter 3, Part IX that the reception of a work of art is what?
(a) Important to understanding audience.
(b) Not of concern.
(c) Secondary to the work itself.
(d) Part of the work itself.

3. Who are the peasant and his wife awaiting the arrival of in the opening of Ngaahika Ndeenda?
(a) Mĩriĩ and Awli.
(b) Kĩoi and Jezebel.
(c) Obi and Jalaa.
(d) Gakaara and Watu.

4. When did the Kenya government outlaw Kamĩrĩĩthũ Community Education and Cultural Center and ban all theater activities in the entire area?
(a) June 30, 1982.
(b) July 23, 1983.
(c) March 23, 1980.
(d) March 11, 1982.

5. In what book of the author's did he narrate the fate of the production of Maitũ Njugĩra?
(a) Homecoming.
(b) Penpoints, Gunpoints, and Dreams.
(c) Barrel of a Pen.
(d) Petals of Blood.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who declared in an article in Transition in 1963 that the acceptance of English and French as having no chance of advancing African literature and culture?

2. What was the wall made of that stood at the back of the stage at Kamĩrĩĩthũ?

3. Wangeci's monologue from the excerpt of Ngaahika Ndeenda in the text describes the Olengurueni women who were exiled to where?

4. The author says in Chapter 1, Part IX, "A writer who tries to communicate the message of revolutionary unity and hope in the languages of the people becomes" what (30)?

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

(see the answer key)

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