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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. When was Caitaani mutharaba-Ini published?
(a) 1989.
(b) 1980.
(c) 1978.
(d) 1975.

2. What does the author say the real aim of colonialism was in Chapter 1, Part V?
(a) To control the people's beliefs.
(b) To control the people's community.
(c) To control the people's wealth.
(d) To control the people's history.

3. On what date did the Kenya government ban any further performances of Ngaahika Ndeenda?
(a) March 30, 1977.
(b) November 16, 1977.
(c) October 2, 1977.
(d) September 12, 1976.

4. Where was Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o detained?
(a) Ituĩka Maximum Security Prison.
(b) Kĩgũũnda Maximum Security Prison.
(c) Kamiti Maximum Security Prison.
(d) Kĩmaathi Maximum Security Prison.

5. When were Kamĩrĩĩthũ and the other villages around Limuru established?
(a) The 1960s.
(b) The 1950s.
(c) The 1970s.
(d) The 1940s.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Professor Micere Mũgo give a speech in Nairobi entitled "Written Literature and Black Images"?

2. Who is quoted in Chapter 1, Part V as having said, "... the blacks ... are inferior to the whites on the endowments of both body and mind ..." (18)?

3. What was the approximate population of Kamĩrĩĩthũ in 1975?

4. When was This Time Tomorrow written?

5. What does the author refer to as the result of the broken harmony between the three aspects of language as communication for the colonial child?

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