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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 Kamĩrĩĩthũ Community Education and Culture Center begin functioning?
(a) 1978.
(b) 1976.
(c) 1979.
(d) 1982.

2. When was Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o arrested as a result of the production of Ngaahika Ndeenda?
(a) October 2, 1977.
(b) December 31, 1977.
(c) September 12, 1976.
(d) March 30, 1977.

3. 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?
(a) Communal restructuring.
(b) Educational restructuring.
(c) Segregation.
(d) A cultural bomb.

4. When was Caitaani Mutharabaini published?
(a) 1975.
(b) 1985.
(c) 1980.
(d) 1982.

5. On what date did the Kenya government ban any further performances of Ngaahika Ndeenda?
(a) September 12, 1976.
(b) November 16, 1977.
(c) March 30, 1977.
(d) October 2, 1977.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who founded the Theatre of the Oppressed?

2. In the book Facing Mount Kenya, the Ituĩka ceremony is described as lasting how long?

3. Where did the capitalist powers of Europe carve up the continent of Africa into different colonies in the late 1800s?

4. What word from the text refers to something relating to the theory of knowledge, especially with regard to its methods, validity, and scope?

5. In the Kamĩrĩĩthũ rehearsal and production for Ngaahika Ndeenda, the author says perfection was shown to be what?

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