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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. What was the approximate population of Kamĩrĩĩthũ in 1975?
(a) 20,000.
(b) 10,000.
(c) 5,000.
(d) 15,000.

2. From whom does the author borrow the phrase "empty space" in Chapter 2, Part III (37)?
(a) Alan Paton.
(b) Peter Brook.
(c) Obi Wali.
(d) Ngũgĩ wa Mĩriĩ.

3. What country's government does the author describe as having a Literature Bureau that would not publish an African noel which had any but religious themes and sociological themes free from politics in Chapter 3, Part IV?
(a) Sudan.
(b) Ethiopia.
(c) Rhodesia.
(d) Rwanda.

4. What was the first school that Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o attended?
(a) Luganda.
(b) Northern Ndebele.
(c) Khoekhoe.
(d) Kamaandura.

5. What dance is despicted in the scene from Ngaahika Ndeenda that is presented in Chapter 2, Part V?
(a) The Moribayasa dance.
(b) The Mwomboko dance.
(c) The Aduma dance.
(d) The Kpanlogo dance.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the central backdrop of Caitaani mũtharaba-Inĩ?

2. On what days of the week did the woman from Kamĩrĩĩthũ visit the author, according to his narrative in Chapter 2, Part I?

3. In Chapter 1, Part IV, the author states that "Language, any language, has a dual character: it is both a means of communication and" what (13)?

4. 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?

5. Makerere University College, Ibadam University College, and the Ghana University College were all overseas colleges under the umbrella of what institution?

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