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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. The author states in Chapter 2, Part V that "In the opening line of The Black Hermit the peasant mother is made to speak in a poetic language reminiscent in tone of" whom (43)?
(a) Shakespeare.
(b) Edgar Allan Poe.
(c) Byron.
(d) T.S. Eliot.

2. Wangeci's monologue from the excerpt of Ngaahika Ndeenda in the text describes the Olengurueni women who were exiled to where?
(a) Aduma.
(b) Nakuru.
(c) Eskista.
(d) Yatta.

3. 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) March 11, 1982.
(c) March 23, 1980.
(d) July 23, 1983.

4. The author states in Chapter 1, Part IX that "to the comprador-ruling regimes, their real enemy is" what (30)?
(a) "A socialist unity derived from commonality of purpose."
(b) "A democracy for and of the people."
(c) "Themselves."
(d) "An awakened peasantry and working class."

5. Who was the President of Toto from 1967 until 2005?
(a) Kim Chi Ha.
(b) Gabriel Okara.
(c) Gnassingbé Eyadéma.
(d) Amos Tutuola.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the Kamĩrĩĩthũ rehearsal and production for Ngaahika Ndeenda, the author says perfection was shown to be what?

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

3. The author poses the question in Chapter 1, Part VIII, "What is the difference between a politician who says Africa cannot do without imperialism and the writer who says Africa cannot do without" what (26)?

4. What does the author describe as the ultimate arbiter of form in Chapter 3, Part VI?

5. Who wrote the book African Language Literatures that is referred to in Chapter 1, Part VII?

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