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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. What does the author describe as the second aspect of language as culture in Chapter 1, Part IV?
(a) Culture as a reflection of history.
(b) An image-forming agent in the mind of a child.
(c) Language in the form of written signs.
(d) Language as a means for production.

2. What does the word "axiomatic" mean, as used in Chapter 1, Part I?
(a) Mean-spirited.
(b) Subjugating.
(c) Self-evident.
(d) Arbitrary.

3. What was the literary journal at Makerere University College?
(a) Linguistics.
(b) Penpoint.
(c) Horn.
(d) Kĩgũũnda.

4. How many wives did Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o's father have?
(a) Three.
(b) Five.
(c) Four.
(d) Two.

5. What was the approximate population of Kamĩrĩĩthũ in 1975?
(a) 20,000.
(b) 5,000.
(c) 10,000.
(d) 15,000.

Short Answer Questions

1. What cell number did Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o have in prison?

2. How far is Kamĩrĩĩthũ from Nairobi?

3. What publishing house did Gakaara wa Wanjaũ establish?

4. What does the word "vacillating" mean as used in Chapter 1, Part VI?

5. What novel of the author's did he hope to give a transcript of to Chinua Achebe at the writers' conference described in Chapter 1, Part II?

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