1. According to the author in Chapter 1, Part I, as an effect of colonization, Africa was defined in the languages of Europe. What three languages does he describe?
(a) English, French, and Portuguese.
(b) French, Spanish, and German.
(c) English, French, and Spanish.
(d) Dutch, French, and Portuguese.

2. What does the Gĩkũyũ word "ngurukuhĩ" translate to in English?
(a) Child.
(b) Missile.
(c) Horse.
(d) Man.

3. What three colors comprise the flag of Kenya?
(a) Black, green, and blue.
(b) Black, red, and green.
(c) Black, yellow, and green.
(d) Red, yellow, and green.

4. What word from the text refers to something relating to the theory of knowledge, especially with regard to its methods, validity, and scope?
(a) Linguistical.
(b) Pseudoliteral.
(c) Epistemological.
(d) Orinthogical.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. How many wives did Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o's father have?

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

4. Where are the owners of the Bata shoe factory based?

5. What does the word "vacillating" mean as used in Chapter 1, Part VI?

(see the answer key)

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