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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 does "Caitaani mutharaba-Ini" translate to in English?
(a) Devil on the Cross.
(b) A Meeting in the Dark.
(c) I Will Marry When I Want.
(d) Mother Sing for Me.

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

3. In the Kamĩrĩĩthũ rehearsal and production for Ngaahika Ndeenda, the author says perfection was shown to be what?
(a) A process.
(b) Inherent.
(c) Expected.
(d) Innate.

4. What novel of the author's did he hope to give a transcript of to Chinua Achebe at the writers' conference described in Chapter 1, Part II?
(a) Weep Not, Child.
(b) The River Between.
(c) Caitaani mũtharaba-Inĩ.
(d) A Grain of Wheat.

5. When was the Bata shoe factory established?
(a) 1944.
(b) 1938.
(c) 1962.
(d) 1959.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Dr. Kimanĩ Gecaũ flee to in 1982?

2. When did the Kĩmaathi-led armed struggle begin leading to the British colonial regimes suspending all civil liberties?

3. When was Things Fall Apart published?

4. About how often was the Ituĩka ceremony held by the Agĩkũyũ?

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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