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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. The author states in Chapter 1, Part V that economic and political control can never be complete or effective without what?
(a) Environmental control.
(b) Mental control.
(c) Physical control.
(d) Agricultural control.

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

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

4. 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 symbol of unity."
(b) "A carrier of history."
(c) "A carrier of culture."
(d) "A product of necessity."

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In his Introduction, the author states that the theme of this book is taken from a poem by what Guyanese poet?

2. When did the author submit The River Between to a writing competition by the East African Literature Bureau?

3. What does the author say the real aim of colonialism was in Chapter 1, Part V?

4. What term does the author define in Chapter 1, Part VIII as "literature written by Africans in European languages in the era of imperialism" (27)?

5. What was the elitist institution for Africans in colonial Kenya where Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o attended high school?

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