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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 did Professor Micere Mũgo give a speech in Nairobi entitled "Written Literature and Black Images"?
(a) 1975.
(b) 1969.
(c) 1973.
(d) 1981.

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

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

4. 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 creates communication, and communication is a means to culture.
(c) Culture reflects history and communication carries history.
(d) Culture and communication are unnecessary.

5. When was Things Fall Apart published?
(a) 1959.
(b) 1982.
(c) 1962.
(d) 1969.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. 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)?

3. In Chapter 1, Part IV, the author states that "Language, any language, has a dual character: it is both a means of communication and" what (13)?

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

5. Where is the campus of Makerere University College located that the author attended a historic meeting of African writers as described in Chapter 1, Part II?

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