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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3 (Parts VI-X): "The Language of African Fiction".

Multiple Choice 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?
(a) Martin Carter.
(b) Obi Wali.
(c) Birago Diop.
(d) Amos Tutuola.

2. What does "Maitũ Njugĩra" translate to in English?
(a) A Meeting in the Dark.
(b) Mother Sing for Me.
(c) I Will Marry When I Want.
(d) Devil on the Cross.

3. What language did Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o speak growing up?
(a) Ashanti.
(b) Bantu.
(c) Gĩkũyũ.
(d) Hausa.

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

5. 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?
(a) Colonial distinction.
(b) Colonial affectation.
(c) Colonial aberration.
(d) Colonial alienation.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the author submit The River Between to a writing competition by the East African Literature Bureau?

2. Where is Ibadan University located?

3. Who wrote A Room of One's Own?

4. What does the author describe as a constant theme in the stories that he grew up listening to?

5. What was the author's fourth novel in English?

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