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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. What does the author describe as the second aspect of language as culture in Chapter 1, Part IV?
(a) Culture as a reflection of history.
(b) An image-forming agent in the mind of a child.
(c) Language in the form of written signs.
(d) Language as a means for production.

2. Who wrote Betrayal in the City?
(a) Alan Paton.
(b) Léopold Sédar Senghor.
(c) Obi Wali.
(d) Francis Imbuga.

3. In what language did Fumo Liyongo write?
(a) Jalaa.
(b) Gĩkũyũ.
(c) Swahili.
(d) Hausa.

4. What family is central in Ngaahika Ndeenda?
(a) The Kĩgũũnda family.
(b) The Achebe family.
(c) The Mĩriĩ family.
(d) The Kĩmaathi family.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The author states in Chapter 1, Part V that economic and political control can never be complete or effective without what?

2. Who declared in an article in Transition in 1963 that the acceptance of English and French as having no chance of advancing African literature and culture?

3. Who are the peasant and his wife awaiting the arrival of in the opening of Ngaahika Ndeenda?

4. What was the play The Black Hermit meant to celebrate?

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

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