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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. About how often was the Ituĩka ceremony held by the Agĩkũyũ?
(a) Every 15 years.
(b) Every 10 years.
(c) Every 25 years.
(d) Every 30 years.

2. When did Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o begin writing in Gĩkũyũ?
(a) 1982.
(b) 1973.
(c) 1975.
(d) 1977.

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

4. Who is quoted in Chapter 1, Part V as having said, "... the blacks ... are inferior to the whites on the endowments of both body and mind ..." (18)?
(a) Thomas Jefferson.
(b) Sir H. Rider Haggard.
(c) Gabriel Okara.
(d) Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel.

5. Who wrote Facing Mount Kenya?
(a) Jomo Kenyatta.
(b) Alan Paton.
(c) Ngũgĩ wa Mĩriĩ.
(d) Obi Wali.

Short Answer Questions

1. The author states in Chapter 2, Part V that "In the opening line of The Black Hermit the peasant mother is made to speak in a poetic language reminiscent in tone of" whom (43)?

2. What does the author refer to as the result of the broken harmony between the three aspects of language as communication for the colonial child?

3. Where was Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o detained?

4. When does the author describe attending a historic meeting of African writers in Chapter 1, Part II?

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

(see the answer key)

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