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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3 (Parts IV-V): "The Language of African Fiction".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o detained?
(a) Ituĩka Maximum Security Prison.
(b) Kĩgũũnda Maximum Security Prison.
(c) Kamiti Maximum Security Prison.
(d) Kĩmaathi Maximum Security Prison.

2. In what language did Fumo Liyongo write?
(a) Hausa.
(b) Jalaa.
(c) Gĩkũyũ.
(d) Swahili.

3. Where did David Diop get his primary education?
(a) The Ivory Coast.
(b) Guinea.
(c) Senegal.
(d) Mauritania.

4. According to the author in Chapter 1, Part I, as an effect of colonization, Africa was defined in the languages of Europe. What three languages does he describe?
(a) Dutch, French, and Portuguese.
(b) English, French, and Portuguese.
(c) French, Spanish, and German.
(d) English, French, and Spanish.

5. When was Things Fall Apart published?
(a) 1982.
(b) 1962.
(c) 1959.
(d) 1969.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what language is Caitaani mũtharaba-Inĩ written?

2. What did Sydney Portier say he had come to associate Africa with as a result of the literature he had read?

3. 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?

4. In what language was Hekaya Za Abunuwasi written?

5. On what days of the week did the woman from Kamĩrĩĩthũ visit the author, according to his narrative in Chapter 2, Part I?

(see the answer key)

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