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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. Who wrote The Palm-wine Drunkard?
(a) Martin Carter.
(b) Birago Diop.
(c) Gabriel Okara.
(d) Amos Tutuola.

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

3. Who does the author attribute with changing language all the time?
(a) The peasantry and working class.
(b) The petty-bourgeoisie.
(c) The intellectual elite and educators.
(d) The upper and royal classes.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the author of Out of Africa?

2. What was the literary journal at Makerere University College?

3. The author notes in his Introduction that the study of African realities has been seen for too long in terms of what?

4. What does the author describe as a constant theme in the stories that he grew up listening to?

5. What family is central in Ngaahika Ndeenda?

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