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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1 (Parts VI-IX): "The Language of African Literature" .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was Janheinz Jahn from?
(a) France.
(b) The Netherlands.
(c) Greenland.
(d) Germany.

2. With whom did Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o collaborate in the drafting of the playscript for Ngaahika Ndeenda?
(a) Martin Carter.
(b) Birago Diop.
(c) Ngũgĩ wa Miriĩ.
(d) Amos Tutuola.

3. How many wives did Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o's father have?
(a) Three.
(b) Four.
(c) Five.
(d) Two.

4. In Chapter 1, Part IV the author states that language as communication has three aspects. The first of these is the language of real life, which he attributes to having been coined by whom?
(a) Vladimir Lenin.
(b) Frantz Fanon.
(c) Alan Paton.
(d) Karl Marx.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote Catching Them Young?

2. Where did David Diop get his primary education?

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

4. The author states in Chapter 1, Part V that economic and political control can never be complete or effective without what?

5. According to the author in Chapter 1, Part I, as an effect of colonization, Africa was defined in the languages of Europe. What three languages does he describe?

(see the answer key)

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