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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. Who wrote Catching Them Young?
(a) Thomas Jefferson.
(b) Gabriel Okara.
(c) Sir H. Rider Haggard.
(d) Bob Dixon.

2. What does the Ituĩka ceremony mark?
(a) The birth of the first son in a family.
(b) The handing over of power from one generation to another.
(c) The onset of war.
(d) The marriage of an elder's son to a colonial daughter.

3. Who is quoted in Chapter 1, Part V as having said, "... the blacks ... are inferior to the whites on the endowments of both body and mind ..." (18)?
(a) Sir H. Rider Haggard.
(b) Gabriel Okara.
(c) Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel.
(d) Thomas Jefferson.

4. For how long was Gakaara wa Wanjaũ imprisoned for his writings in Gĩkũyũ?
(a) 13 years.
(b) 8 years.
(c) 10 years.
(d) 6 years.

5. What was the first school that Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o attended?
(a) Northern Ndebele.
(b) Kamaandura.
(c) Luganda.
(d) Khoekhoe.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the Wolof language primarily used?

2. The author states in his Introduction that he will look at the African realities as affected by the great struggle between two opposed forces in Africa today. These are an imperialist tradition and what?

3. Since when does the author state imperialism has affected the lives of even the peasants in the remotest corners of our countries in his Introduction?

4. What does the Gĩkũyũ word "ngurukuhĩ" translate to in English?

5. What three colors comprise the flag of Kenya?

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