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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4 (Parts I-IV): "The Quest for Relevance" .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Along with what other two lecturers did the author present a rejection of the primacy of English literature and cultures at Nairobi University?
(a) Chinua Achebe and Gakaara wa Wanjaũ.
(b) Owuor Anyumba and Taban Lo Liyong.
(c) Karen Blixen and Kim Chi Ha.
(d) Amos Tutuola and Gabriel Okara.

2. Who wrote the African novel The Voice?
(a) Amos Tutuola.
(b) Alan Paton.
(c) Martin Carter.
(d) Gabriel Okara.

3. What language did Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o speak growing up?
(a) Hausa.
(b) Ashanti.
(c) Gĩkũyũ.
(d) Bantu.

4. Who was the President of Toto from 1967 until 2005?
(a) Gnassingbé Eyadéma.
(b) Kim Chi Ha.
(c) Amos Tutuola.
(d) Gabriel Okara.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Makerere University College, Ibadam University College, and the Ghana University College were all overseas colleges under the umbrella of what institution?

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

3. Whose perceptions of Africa does the author described in Chapter 1, Part V as "comparable to a land of childhood still enveloped in the dark mantle of the night as far as the development of self-conscious history was concerned" (18)?

4. Who wrote The Wretched of the Earth?

5. When did the author submit The River Between to a writing competition by the East African Literature Bureau?

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