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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 the word "vacillating" mean as used in Chapter 1, Part VI?
(a) Escalating.
(b) De-escalating.
(c) Failing.
(d) Fluctuating.

2. 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.

3. What does the author describe as the second aspect of language as culture in Chapter 1, Part IV?
(a) Language in the form of written signs.
(b) Language as a means for production.
(c) An image-forming agent in the mind of a child.
(d) Culture as a reflection of history.

4. When did Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o begin writing in Gĩkũyũ?
(a) 1975.
(b) 1977.
(c) 1973.
(d) 1982.

5. Where did David Diop get his primary education?
(a) Senegal.
(b) The Ivory Coast.
(c) Guinea.
(d) Mauritania.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Caitaani mutharaba-Ini published?

2. What does "Caitaani mutharaba-Ini" translate to in English?

3. What does the author describe as a constant theme in the stories that he grew up listening to?

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

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?

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