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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. Who wrote The Palm-wine Drunkard?
(a) Birago Diop.
(b) Martin Carter.
(c) Gabriel Okara.
(d) Amos Tutuola.

2. 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) Frantz Fanon.
(b) Karl Marx.
(c) Alan Paton.
(d) Vladimir Lenin.

3. About how many children did Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o's father have?
(a) 22.
(b) 13.
(c) 16.
(d) 28.

4. What does the word "axiomatic" mean, as used in Chapter 1, Part I?
(a) Mean-spirited.
(b) Arbitrary.
(c) Self-evident.
(d) Subjugating.

5. When does the author describe attending a historic meeting of African writers in Chapter 1, Part II?
(a) 1959.
(b) 1972.
(c) 1974.
(d) 1962.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the author describe as a constant theme in the stories that he grew up listening to?

3. Where is the campus of Makerere University College located that the author attended a historic meeting of African writers as described in Chapter 1, Part II?

4. What language did the President of the Kamuzu Academy instruct should occupy a central place in the curriculum?

5. Who wrote the African novel The Voice?

(see the answer key)

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