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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 did a very cruel prison superintendent warn Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o against writing?
(a) Poems.
(b) Letters.
(c) Memoirs.
(d) Novels.

2. The process of production for Ngaahika Ndeenda, from research, writing, auditions, and rehearsals as well as construction of the theater took how much time?
(a) Two years.
(b) Nine months.
(c) Three months.
(d) Six months.

3. For how long was Gakaara wa Wanjaũ imprisoned for his writings in Gĩkũyũ?
(a) 6 years.
(b) 10 years.
(c) 13 years.
(d) 8 years.

4. What is the central backdrop of Caitaani mũtharaba-Inĩ?
(a) The journey.
(b) The fall of the hero.
(c) The act of heroism.
(d) The relationship bewteen fathers and sons.

5. What was the literary journal at Makerere University College?
(a) Penpoint.
(b) Linguistics.
(c) Horn.
(d) Kĩgũũnda.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who founded the Theatre of the Oppressed?

2. About how often was the Ituĩka ceremony held by the Agĩkũyũ?

3. What novel did the author's headmaster at Alliance High School admonish for introducing sex sequences between whites and blacks in South Africa?

4. What does the Gĩkũyũ word "ngurukuhĩ" translate to in English?

5. Where did the capitalist powers of Europe carve up the continent of Africa into different colonies in the late 1800s?

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