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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 is the author of Imperialism, the Highest Stage of Capitalism?
(a) Vladimir Lenin.
(b) Gakaara wa Wanjaũ.
(c) Alan Paton.
(d) Frantz Fanon.

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

3. Who wrote King Solomon's Mines?
(a) Gabriel Okara.
(b) Martin Carter.
(c) Sir H. Rider Haggard.
(d) Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel.

4. Where did David Diop get his primary education?
(a) Senegal.
(b) Mauritania.
(c) The Ivory Coast.
(d) Guinea.

5. For how long was Gakaara wa Wanjaũ imprisoned for his writings in Gĩkũyũ?
(a) 8 years.
(b) 13 years.
(c) 10 years.
(d) 6 years.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does the Gĩkũyũ word "ngurukuhĩ" translate to in English?

4. 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?

5. In the repeated chorus in the scene from Ngaahika Ndeenda that is presented in the text, the lyrics state that problems can be settled in what?

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