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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. The author states in Chapter 1, Part V that economic and political control can never be complete or effective without what?
(a) Environmental control.
(b) Mental control.
(c) Physical control.
(d) Agricultural control.

2. The author says in Chapter 1, Part IX, "A writer who tries to communicate the message of revolutionary unity and hope in the languages of the people becomes" what (30)?
(a) "A sickness."
(b) "A powerful enemy."
(c) "A subversive character."
(d) "A counterintelligent adversary."

3. When was The Black Hermit first produced?
(a) 1969.
(b) 1944.
(c) 1959.
(d) 1962.

4. What did Sydney Portier say he had come to associate Africa with as a result of the literature he had read?
(a) Tigers.
(b) Witches.
(c) Snakes.
(d) Lions.

5. When did Gakaara wa Wanjaũ earn the Noma Award for his secret diary he kept while in political detention?
(a) 1989.
(b) 1991.
(c) 1984.
(d) 1978.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the author refer to as being the basis of a people's identity in Chapter 1, Part IV?

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

4. What three colors comprise the flag of Kenya?

5. Who wrote King Solomon's Mines?

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