1. 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 counterintelligent adversary."
(c) "A powerful enemy."
(d) "A subversive character."

2. The author states in Chapter 2, Part II that drama has origins in human struggles with what?
(a) Itself.
(b) Nature and others.
(c) Outsiders.
(d) Oppressors.

3. When did the Kĩmaathi-led armed struggle begin leading to the British colonial regimes suspending all civil liberties?
(a) 1963.
(b) 1952.
(c) 1959.
(d) 1955.

4. The author states in Chapter 1, Part IX that "to the comprador-ruling regimes, their real enemy is" what (30)?
(a) "An awakened peasantry and working class."
(b) "A socialist unity derived from commonality of purpose."
(c) "Themselves."
(d) "A democracy for and of the people."

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What term used by the author in the Introduction is defined by him as having the effect of annihilating a people's belief in their names, languages, unity, and ultimately, themselves?

2. What novel did the author's headmaster at Alliance High School admonish for introducing sex sequences between whites and blacks in South Africa?

3. Where was gunpowder invented?

4. Who wrote The Palm-wine Drunkard?

5. Wangeci's monologue from the excerpt of Ngaahika Ndeenda in the text describes the Olengurueni women who were exiled to where?

(see the answer key)

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