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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 does the author describe attending a historic meeting of African writers in Chapter 1, Part II?
(a) 1959.
(b) 1974.
(c) 1962.
(d) 1972.

2. What character in Ngaahika Ndeenda has a long dramatic monologue about the struggle between capital and labor which is described in Chapter 2, Part V?
(a) Gĩcaamba.
(b) Kĩgũũnda.
(c) Kĩmaathi.
(d) Maitũ Njugĩra.

3. By what number was Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o called in prison?
(a) K5, 89.
(b) K3, 99.
(c) K6, 77.
(d) K4, 51.

4. What was the first school that Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o attended?
(a) Kamaandura.
(b) Khoekhoe.
(c) Northern Ndebele.
(d) Luganda.

5. When did Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o begin writing in Gĩkũyũ?
(a) 1975.
(b) 1977.
(c) 1973.
(d) 1982.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the Kenya Land and Freedom Army usher in the era of modern guerilla warfare in Africa?

2. In what book of the author's did he narrate the fate of the production of Maitũ Njugĩra?

3. What does the word "Maitũ" translate to in English?

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

5. On what days of the week did the woman from Kamĩrĩĩthũ visit the author, according to his narrative in Chapter 2, Part I?

(see the answer key)

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