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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 book African Language Literatures that is referred to in Chapter 1, Part VII?
(a) Amos Tutuola.
(b) Martin Carter.
(c) Birago Diop.
(d) Albert Gerard.

2. What does the author refer to as the result of the broken harmony between the three aspects of language as communication for the colonial child?
(a) Colonial aberration.
(b) Colonial distinction.
(c) Colonial affectation.
(d) Colonial alienation.

3. What does the Gĩkũyũ word "ngurukuhĩ" translate to in English?
(a) Child.
(b) Man.
(c) Horse.
(d) Missile.

4. Who wrote the novel Mister Johnson?
(a) Bob Dixon.
(b) Karen Blixen.
(c) Joyce Cary.
(d) Nderi wa Riera.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did the capitalist powers of Europe carve up the continent of Africa into different colonies in the late 1800s?

2. In the book Facing Mount Kenya, the Ituĩka ceremony is described as lasting how long?

3. Where was Janheinz Jahn from?

4. What was the approximate population of Kamĩrĩĩthũ in 1975?

5. Who founded the Theatre of the Oppressed?

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