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

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

3. Who declared in an article in Transition in 1963 that the acceptance of English and French as having no chance of advancing African literature and culture?
(a) Obi Wali.
(b) Martin Carter.
(c) Birago Diop.
(d) Amos Tutuola.

4. What does the author refer to as the result of the broken harmony between the three aspects of language as communication for the colonial child?
(a) Colonial alienation.
(b) Colonial affectation.
(c) Colonial aberration.
(d) Colonial distinction.

5. 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 powerful enemy."
(c) "A counterintelligent adversary."
(d) "A subversive character."

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote the book African Language Literatures that is referred to in Chapter 1, Part VII?

2. 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)?

3. The author states in Chapter 1, Part IX that "to the comprador-ruling regimes, their real enemy is" what (30)?

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

5. What were largely featured as the main characters in the stories that Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o grew up listening to as a child?

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