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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2 (Parts I-IV): "The Language of African Theatre".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The author states in Chapter 1, Part IV, "Language as culture is the collective memory bank of a people's" what (15)?
(a) "Perceptions of outsiders."
(b) "Suffering and domination."
(c) "Experience in history."
(d) "Family and bloodline."

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

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

4. With whom did Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o collaborate in the drafting of the playscript for Ngaahika Ndeenda?
(a) Ngũgĩ wa Miriĩ.
(b) Amos Tutuola.
(c) Birago Diop.
(d) Martin Carter.

5. What does "Maitũ Njugĩra" translate to in English?
(a) Devil on the Cross.
(b) A Meeting in the Dark.
(c) Mother Sing for Me.
(d) I Will Marry When I Want.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was the approximate population of Kamĩrĩĩthũ in 1975?

3. Who wrote the African novel The Voice?

4. When did Kenya attain independence from Great Britain?

5. How far is Kamĩrĩĩthũ from Nairobi?

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