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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. 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?
(a) English, French, and Spanish.
(b) Dutch, French, and Portuguese.
(c) French, Spanish, and German.
(d) English, French, and Portuguese.

2. When does the author describe attending a historic meeting of African writers in Chapter 1, Part II?
(a) 1959.
(b) 1972.
(c) 1974.
(d) 1962.

3. Who wrote Contes d'Amadou Koumba?
(a) Martin Carter.
(b) Birago Diop.
(c) Gabriel Okara.
(d) Amos Tutuola.

4. Who wrote Catching Them Young?
(a) Sir H. Rider Haggard.
(b) Bob Dixon.
(c) Thomas Jefferson.
(d) Gabriel Okara.

5. What was the elitist institution for Africans in colonial Kenya where Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o attended high school?
(a) The Ndebele High School.
(b) The Niflheim High School.
(c) The Oxford High School.
(d) The Alliance High School.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many wives did Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o's father have?

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

3. When was Things Fall Apart published?

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

5. What was the first school that Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o attended?

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