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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 novel of the author's did he hope to give a transcript of to Chinua Achebe at the writers' conference described in Chapter 1, Part II?
(a) A Grain of Wheat.
(b) Caitaani mũtharaba-Inĩ.
(c) Weep Not, Child.
(d) The River Between.

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

4. The author states in Chapter 1, Part V that economic and political control can never be complete or effective without what?
(a) Environmental control.
(b) Agricultural control.
(c) Physical control.
(d) Mental control.

5. When was Things Fall Apart published?
(a) 1969.
(b) 1962.
(c) 1982.
(d) 1959.

Short Answer Questions

1. Since when does the author state imperialism has affected the lives of even the peasants in the remotest corners of our countries in his Introduction?

2. About how many children did Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o's father have?

3. What does the word "axiomatic" mean, as used in Chapter 1, Part I?

4. What statement largely sums up the author's central theme in Chapter 1, Part IV?

5. What does the Gĩkũyũ word "ngurukuhĩ" translate to in English?

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