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

2. The author states in Chapter 1, Part IX that "to the comprador-ruling regimes, their real enemy is" what (30)?
(a) "Themselves."
(b) "A socialist unity derived from commonality of purpose."
(c) "A democracy for and of the people."
(d) "An awakened peasantry and working class."

3. What was the elitist institution for Africans in colonial Kenya where Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o attended high school?
(a) The Niflheim High School.
(b) The Oxford High School.
(c) The Ndebele High School.
(d) The Alliance High School.

4. Who wrote Catching Them Young?
(a) Thomas Jefferson.
(b) Gabriel Okara.
(c) Bob Dixon.
(d) Sir H. Rider Haggard.

5. The author states in his Introduction that he will look at the African realities as affected by the great struggle between two opposed forces in Africa today. These are an imperialist tradition and what?
(a) An arbitrarary tradition.
(b) A socialist tradition.
(c) A realist tradition.
(d) A resistance tradition.

Short Answer Questions

1. The author says in Chapter 1, Part IX, "A writer who tries to communicate the message of revolutionary unity and hope in the languages of the people becomes" what (30)?

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?

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

4. When did Gakaara wa Wanjaũ earn the Noma Award for his secret diary he kept while in political detention?

5. Where was Janheinz Jahn from?

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