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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. In the book Facing Mount Kenya, the Ituĩka ceremony is described as lasting how long?
(a) Three months.
(b) Two weeks.
(c) Two months.
(d) Six months.

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

3. What is the name of the secret diary that Gakaara wa Wanjaũ kept while in political detention?
(a) Ngaahika Ndeenda.
(b) Caitaani mũtharaba-Inĩ.
(c) Mwandĩki wa Mau Mau Ithaamĩrioinĩ.
(d) Matigari ma Njiruungi.

4. What were largely featured as the main characters in the stories that Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o grew up listening to as a child?
(a) Animals.
(b) Goddesses.
(c) Gods.
(d) Women.

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 alienation.
(b) Colonial aberration.
(c) Colonial distinction.
(d) Colonial affectation.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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)?

2. Who wrote The Palm-wine Drunkard?

3. When did Professor Micere Mũgo give a speech in Nairobi entitled "Written Literature and Black Images"?

4. What does "Ngaahika Ndeenda" translate to in English?

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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