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

2. What does the author refer to as being the basis of a people's identity in Chapter 1, Part IV?
(a) History.
(b) Economy.
(c) Values.
(d) Family.

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

4. How many wives did Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o's father have?
(a) Four.
(b) Two.
(c) Three.
(d) Five.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The author states in Chapter 1, Part IV, "Language as culture is the collective memory bank of a people's" what (15)?

3. Where is the campus of Makerere University College located that the author attended a historic meeting of African writers as described in Chapter 1, Part II?

4. 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?

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

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