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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. What language did Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o speak growing up?
(a) Bantu.
(b) Ashanti.
(c) Gĩkũyũ.
(d) Hausa.

2. Where did the capitalist powers of Europe carve up the continent of Africa into different colonies in the late 1800s?
(a) Amsterdam.
(b) Paris.
(c) London.
(d) Berlin.

3. When did Professor Micere Mũgo give a speech in Nairobi entitled "Written Literature and Black Images"?
(a) 1975.
(b) 1969.
(c) 1981.
(d) 1973.

4. Who wrote the African novel The Voice?
(a) Amos Tutuola.
(b) Alan Paton.
(c) Gabriel Okara.
(d) Martin Carter.

5. What does the author say the real aim of colonialism was in Chapter 1, Part V?
(a) To control the people's history.
(b) To control the people's community.
(c) To control the people's wealth.
(d) To control the people's beliefs.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. According to the author in Chapter 1, Part I, as an effect of colonization, Africa was defined in the languages of Europe. What three languages does he describe?

3. When was Things Fall Apart published?

4. Who wrote The Palm-wine Drunkard?

5. The author states in his Introduction that he will look at the African realities as affected by the great struggle between two opposed forces in Africa today. These are an imperialist tradition and what?

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