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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 statement largely sums up the author's central theme in Chapter 1, Part IV?
(a) Communication creates culture, and culture is a means of communication.
(b) Culture reflects history and communication carries history.
(c) Culture and communication are unnecessary.
(d) Culture creates communication, and communication is a means to culture.

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) Communal restructuring.
(d) Segregation.

3. When did the Kenya Land and Freedom Army usher in the era of modern guerilla warfare in Africa?
(a) 1959.
(b) 1956.
(c) 1952.
(d) 1965.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote The Palm-wine Drunkard?

2. What does "Ngaahika Ndeenda" translate to in English?

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

4. What was the first school that Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o attended?

5. Where is the Wolof language primarily used?

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