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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. When was the Ituĩka ceremony banned in Kenya?
(a) 1925.
(b) 1944.
(c) 1942.
(d) 1919.

2. 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)?
(a) Gabriel Okara.
(b) Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel.
(c) Thomas Jefferson.
(d) Sir H. Rider Haggard.

3. In Chapter 1, Part I, the author asserts, "The choice of language and the use to which language is put is central to" what (4)?
(a) "A people's relationship to others."
(b) "A people's notions about literature."
(c) "A people's definition of themselves."
(d) "A people's disenfranchisement."

4. 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) Amos Tutuola and Gabriel Okara.
(d) Karen Blixen and Kim Chi Ha.

5. What cell number did Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o have in prison?
(a) 13.
(b) 16.
(c) 62.
(d) 12.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote Contes d'Amadou Koumba?

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?

3. What was the author's fourth novel in English?

4. About how often was the Ituĩka ceremony held by the Agĩkũyũ?

5. When was there a declaration of a state of emergency over Kenta that led to all schools being run by the colonial regime?

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