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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. When did Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o begin writing in Gĩkũyũ?
(a) 1973.
(b) 1975.
(c) 1977.
(d) 1982.

2. How far is Kamĩrĩĩthũ from Nairobi?
(a) 10 km.
(b) 20 km.
(c) 50 km.
(d) 30 km.

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

4. When did the Kĩmaathi-led armed struggle begin leading to the British colonial regimes suspending all civil liberties?
(a) 1959.
(b) 1952.
(c) 1955.
(d) 1963.

5. Who wrote the African novel The Voice?
(a) Alan Paton.
(b) Gabriel Okara.
(c) Martin Carter.
(d) Amos Tutuola.

Short Answer Questions

1. About how many children did Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o's father have?

2. In Chapter 1, Part I, the author asserts, "The choice of language and the use to which language is put is central to" what (4)?

3. Where did the capitalist powers of Europe carve up the continent of Africa into different colonies in the late 1800s?

4. When was Caitaani mutharaba-Ini published?

5. When was the Bata shoe factory established?

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