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

2. What did Sydney Portier say he had come to associate Africa with as a result of the literature he had read?
(a) Witches.
(b) Snakes.
(c) Lions.
(d) Tigers.

3. In what language did Fumo Liyongo write?
(a) Gĩkũyũ.
(b) Swahili.
(c) Jalaa.
(d) Hausa.

4. When did the Kĩmaathi-led armed struggle begin leading to the British colonial regimes suspending all civil liberties?
(a) 1955.
(b) 1959.
(c) 1952.
(d) 1963.

5. What term does the author define in Chapter 1, Part VIII as "literature written by Africans in European languages in the era of imperialism" (27)?
(a) Afro-European literature.
(b) African Exile literature.
(c) Neo-African literature.
(d) European-African literature.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was The Black Hermit first produced?

2. Where was Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o detained?

3. When was This Time Tomorrow written?

4. What family is central in Ngaahika Ndeenda?

5. Who wrote Facing Mount Kenya?

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