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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. Who wrote The Master and Margarita?
(a) Gabriel Okara.
(b) Kim Chi Ha.
(c) Amos Tutuola.
(d) Mikhail Bulgakov.

2. What character in Caitaani mũtharaba-Inĩ moves in a matatu taxi from Nairobi to Ilmorog?
(a) Warĩĩnga.
(b) Nyakinyua.
(c) Abdulla.
(d) Munira.

3. What word from the text refers to something relating to the theory of knowledge, especially with regard to its methods, validity, and scope?
(a) Linguistical.
(b) Epistemological.
(c) Orinthogical.
(d) Pseudoliteral.

4. What does the word "Maitũ" translate to in English?
(a) Mother.
(b) Sister.
(c) Father.
(d) Bride.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does "Caitaani mutharaba-Ini" translate to in English?

3. With whom did Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o collaborate in the drafting of the playscript for Ngaahika Ndeenda?

4. How many years of involvement had Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o spent writing literature in Englis when the author began writing in Gĩkũyũ?

5. How large was the work force of the Bata shoe factory at the time when Ngaahika Ndeenda was produced?

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