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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What term from Chapter 1, Part VI refers to a person within a country who acts as an agent for foreign organizations engaged in investment, trade, or economic or political exploitation?
(a) Conquistador.
(b) Matador.
(c) Compatriate.
(d) Comprador.

3. The author states in Chapter 1, Part IV, "Language as culture is the collective memory bank of a people's" what (15)?
(a) "Perceptions of outsiders."
(b) "Experience in history."
(c) "Suffering and domination."
(d) "Family and bloodline."

4. Who wrote the book African Language Literatures that is referred to in Chapter 1, Part VII?
(a) Birago Diop.
(b) Martin Carter.
(c) Amos Tutuola.
(d) Albert Gerard.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote the African novel The Voice?

2. What is the name of the secret diary that Gakaara wa Wanjaũ kept while in political detention?

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

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. Who wrote The Palm-wine Drunkard?

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