1. What statement largely sums up the author's central theme in Chapter 1, Part IV?
(a) Culture reflects history and communication carries history.
(b) Communication creates culture, and culture is a means of communication.
(c) Culture and communication are unnecessary.
(d) Culture creates communication, and communication is a means to culture.

2. When does the author describe attending a historic meeting of African writers in Chapter 1, Part II?
(a) 1959.
(b) 1972.
(c) 1962.
(d) 1974.

3. 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) Birago Diop.
(b) Amos Tutuola.
(c) Obi Wali.
(d) Martin Carter.

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)?
(a) Neo-African literature.
(b) Afro-European literature.
(c) European-African literature.
(d) African Exile literature.

5. 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 affectation.
(c) Colonial alienation.
(d) Colonial aberration.

Short Answer Questions

1. Since when does the author state imperialism has affected the lives of even the peasants in the remotest corners of our countries in his Introduction?

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

3. For how long was Gakaara wa Wanjaũ imprisoned for his writings in Gĩkũyũ?

4. What does the word "axiomatic" mean, as used in Chapter 1, Part I?

5. The author states in Chapter 1, Part IX that "to the comprador-ruling regimes, their real enemy is" what (30)?

(see the answer key)

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