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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. When was Things Fall Apart published?
(a) 1969.
(b) 1962.
(c) 1982.
(d) 1959.

2. What did Sydney Portier say he had come to associate Africa with as a result of the literature he had read?
(a) Witches.
(b) Lions.
(c) Snakes.
(d) Tigers.

3. Who wrote Contes d'Amadou Koumba?
(a) Martin Carter.
(b) Gabriel Okara.
(c) Birago Diop.
(d) Amos Tutuola.

4. What does the author describe as a constant theme in the stories that he grew up listening to?
(a) Marriage is a holy sacrament.
(b) Cooperation as the ultimate good in a community.
(c) Children are the product of their parents' actions.
(d) Power lies in the hands of those who seize it.

5. How many wives did Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o's father have?
(a) Two.
(b) Four.
(c) Three.
(d) Five.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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)?

2. According to the author in Chapter 1, Part I, as an effect of colonization, Africa was defined in the languages of Europe. What three languages does he describe?

3. When did Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o begin writing in Gĩkũyũ?

4. Who wrote the book African Language Literatures that is referred to in Chapter 1, Part VII?

5. When was Caitaani mutharaba-Ini published?

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