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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) Greenland.
(c) The Netherlands.
(d) Germany.

2. When did the production of Maitũ Njugĩra begin?
(a) September, 1976.
(b) November, 1981.
(c) July, 1982.
(d) March, 1977.

3. What character in Ngaahika Ndeenda has a long dramatic monologue about the struggle between capital and labor which is described in Chapter 2, Part V?
(a) Maitũ Njugĩra.
(b) Kĩgũũnda.
(c) Gĩcaamba.
(d) Kĩmaathi.

4. What does "Maitũ Njugĩra" translate to in English?
(a) Mother Sing for Me.
(b) I Will Marry When I Want.
(c) A Meeting in the Dark.
(d) Devil on the Cross.

5. When was The Black Hermit first produced?
(a) 1944.
(b) 1962.
(c) 1969.
(d) 1959.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the Kenya Land and Freedom Army usher in the era of modern guerilla warfare in Africa?

2. What novel of the author's is comprised of stories within stories in a series of flashbacks?

3. The author states in Chapter 1, Part IX that "to the comprador-ruling regimes, their real enemy is" what (30)?

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

5. When did Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o begin writing in Gĩkũyũ?

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