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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1 (Parts IV-V): "The Language of African Literature" .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 1, Part IV, the author states that "Language, any language, has a dual character: it is both a means of communication and" what (13)?
(a) "A carrier of history."
(b) "A symbol of unity."
(c) "A carrier of culture."
(d) "A product of necessity."

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?
(a) Communal restructuring.
(b) Segregation.
(c) A cultural bomb.
(d) Educational restructuring.

3. About how many children did Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o's father have?
(a) 16.
(b) 13.
(c) 22.
(d) 28.

4. In his Introduction, the author states that the theme of this book is taken from a poem by what Guyanese poet?
(a) Wole Soyinka.
(b) Gakaara wa Wanjaũ.
(c) Alan Paton.
(d) Martin Carter.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What were largely featured as the main characters in the stories that Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o grew up listening to as a child?

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

3. Who wrote King Solomon's Mines?

4. What language did the President of the Kamuzu Academy instruct should occupy a central place in the curriculum?

5. Who is quoted in Chapter 1, Part V as having said, "... the blacks ... are inferior to the whites on the endowments of both body and mind ..." (18)?

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