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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. When was Caitaani mutharaba-Ini published?
(a) 1980.
(b) 1975.
(c) 1989.
(d) 1978.

2. What term used by the author in the Introduction is defined by him as having the effect of annihilating a people's belief in their names, languages, unity, and ultimately, themselves?
(a) A cultural bomb.
(b) Educational restructuring.
(c) Segregation.
(d) Communal restructuring.

3. What term from Chapter 1, Part VI refers to a person within a country who acts as an agent for foreign organizations engaged in investment, trade, or economic or political exploitation?
(a) Comprador.
(b) Compatriate.
(c) Conquistador.
(d) Matador.

4. 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)?
(a) "A sickness."
(b) "A subversive character."
(c) "A powerful enemy."
(d) "A counterintelligent adversary."

5. Hausa is the first language of approximately how many people?
(a) 10 million.
(b) 36 million.
(c) 44 million.
(d) 20 million.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the word "vacillating" mean as used in Chapter 1, Part VI?

2. When did Professor Micere Mũgo give a speech in Nairobi entitled "Written Literature and Black Images"?

3. The author poses the question in Chapter 1, Part VIII, "What is the difference between a politician who says Africa cannot do without imperialism and the writer who says Africa cannot do without" what (26)?

4. When does the author describe attending a historic meeting of African writers in Chapter 1, Part II?

5. In his Introduction, the author states that the theme of this book is taken from a poem by what Guyanese poet?

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