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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. 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?
(a) English, French, and Spanish.
(b) English, French, and Portuguese.
(c) French, Spanish, and German.
(d) Dutch, French, and Portuguese.

2. For how long was Gakaara wa Wanjaũ imprisoned for his writings in Gĩkũyũ?
(a) 10 years.
(b) 6 years.
(c) 13 years.
(d) 8 years.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Janheinz Jahn from?

2. Since when does the author state imperialism has affected the lives of even the peasants in the remotest corners of our countries in his Introduction?

3. 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?

4. 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?

5. How many years of involvement had Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o spent writing literature in Englis when the author began writing in Gĩkũyũ?

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