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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2 (Part V): "The Language of African Theatre".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What term from Chapter 1, Part VI refers to a person within a country who acts as an agent for foreign organizations engaged in investment, trade, or economic or political exploitation?
(a) Comprador.
(b) Compatriate.
(c) Matador.
(d) Conquistador.

2. Who was the first Kenyan African Drama and Literature officer that oversaw the Schools Drama Festival?
(a) Obi Wali.
(b) Wasambo Were.
(c) Alan Paton.
(d) Léopold Sédar Senghor.

3. What language did the President of the Kamuzu Academy instruct should occupy a central place in the curriculum?
(a) Swahili.
(b) Latin.
(c) Gĩkũyũ.
(d) French.

4. What does the author say the real aim of colonialism was in Chapter 1, Part V?
(a) To control the people's wealth.
(b) To control the people's beliefs.
(c) To control the people's history.
(d) To control the people's community.

5. How many years of involvement had Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o spent writing literature in Englis when the author began writing in Gĩkũyũ?
(a) 22.
(b) 17.
(c) 13.
(d) 31.

Short Answer Questions

1. Hausa is the first language of approximately how many people?

2. What was the play The Black Hermit meant to celebrate?

3. When was Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o arrested as a result of the production of Ngaahika Ndeenda?

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

5. What word from the text refers to something relating to the theory of knowledge, especially with regard to its methods, validity, and scope?

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