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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. What is the name of the secret diary that Gakaara wa Wanjaũ kept while in political detention?
(a) Matigari ma Njiruungi.
(b) Ngaahika Ndeenda.
(c) Mwandĩki wa Mau Mau Ithaamĩrioinĩ.
(d) Caitaani mũtharaba-Inĩ.
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 distinction.
(b) Colonial aberration.
(c) Colonial affectation.
(d) Colonial alienation.
3. In Chapter 1, Part IV, the author states that "Language, any language, has a dual character: it is both a means of communication and" what (13)?
(a) "A carrier of history."
(b) "A symbol of unity."
(c) "A product of necessity."
(d) "A carrier of culture."
4. What does "Maitũ Njugĩra" translate to in English?
(a) I Will Marry When I Want.
(b) Devil on the Cross.
(c) A Meeting in the Dark.
(d) Mother Sing for Me.
5. 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?
(a) Karl Marx.
(b) Alan Paton.
(c) Frantz Fanon.
(d) Vladimir Lenin.
Short Answer 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?
2. Where did the capitalist powers of Europe carve up the continent of Africa into different colonies in the late 1800s?
3. What was the elitist institution for Africans in colonial Kenya where Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o attended high school?
4. How many years of involvement had Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o spent writing literature in Englis when the author began writing in Gĩkũyũ?
5. What does the author describe as a constant theme in the stories that he grew up listening to?
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