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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who invented mathematical science?
(a) The Kikuyu.
(b) The Arabs.
(c) The Europeans.
(d) The Chinese.

2. The author states in Chapter 2, Part II that drama has origins in human struggles with what?
(a) Oppressors.
(b) Nature and others.
(c) Itself.
(d) Outsiders.

3. Who does the author attribute with changing language all the time?
(a) The upper and royal classes.
(b) The intellectual elite and educators.
(c) The peasantry and working class.
(d) The petty-bourgeoisie.

4. When was Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o arrested as a result of the production of Ngaahika Ndeenda?
(a) December 31, 1977.
(b) September 12, 1976.
(c) October 2, 1977.
(d) March 30, 1977.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did a very cruel prison superintendent warn Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o against writing?

2. In what book of the author's did he narrate the fate of the production of Maitũ Njugĩra?

3. 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)?

4. Where was gunpowder invented?

5. What does the author refer to as being the basis of a people's identity in Chapter 1, Part IV?

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