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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. When did the Kenya government outlaw Kamĩrĩĩthũ Community Education and Cultural Center and ban all theater activities in the entire area?
(a) March 11, 1982.
(b) March 23, 1980.
(c) June 30, 1982.
(d) July 23, 1983.

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

3. When was the Ituĩka ceremony banned in Kenya?
(a) 1944.
(b) 1942.
(c) 1925.
(d) 1919.

4. Who wrote A Room of One's Own?
(a) Virginia Woolf.
(b) Gakaara wa Wanjaũ.
(c) Alan Paton.
(d) Frantz Fanon.

5. What language did Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o speak growing up?
(a) Bantu.
(b) Ashanti.
(c) Hausa.
(d) Gĩkũyũ.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the author begin attending Makerere University College?

2. Who wrote the African novel The Voice?

3. What family is central in Ngaahika Ndeenda?

4. For how long was Gakaara wa Wanjaũ imprisoned for his writings in Gĩkũyũ?

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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