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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 does "Caitaani mutharaba-Ini" translate to in English?
(a) A Meeting in the Dark.
(b) Mother Sing for Me.
(c) I Will Marry When I Want.
(d) Devil on the Cross.

2. What does the word "axiomatic" mean, as used in Chapter 1, Part I?
(a) Self-evident.
(b) Arbitrary.
(c) Mean-spirited.
(d) Subjugating.

3. What language did Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o speak growing up?
(a) Hausa.
(b) Gĩkũyũ.
(c) Bantu.
(d) Ashanti.

4. Who wrote The Palm-wine Drunkard?
(a) Amos Tutuola.
(b) Birago Diop.
(c) Gabriel Okara.
(d) Martin Carter.

5. Who declared in an article in Transition in 1963 that the acceptance of English and French as having no chance of advancing African literature and culture?
(a) Martin Carter.
(b) Birago Diop.
(c) Amos Tutuola.
(d) Obi Wali.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When was Caitaani mutharaba-Ini published?

3. When was there a declaration of a state of emergency over Kenta that led to all schools being run by the colonial regime?

4. Who is quoted in Chapter 1, Part V as having said, "... the blacks ... are inferior to the whites on the endowments of both body and mind ..." (18)?

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

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