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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. Where was Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o detained?
(a) Ituĩka Maximum Security Prison.
(b) Kĩmaathi Maximum Security Prison.
(c) Kamiti Maximum Security Prison.
(d) Kĩgũũnda Maximum Security Prison.

2. When did the author submit The River Between to a writing competition by the East African Literature Bureau?
(a) 1956.
(b) 1989.
(c) 1961.
(d) 1969.

3. In what language was Hekaya Za Abunuwasi written?
(a) Kiswahili.
(b) Jalaa.
(c) Hausa.
(d) Ashanti.

4. What does the author describe as a constant theme in the stories that he grew up listening to?
(a) Children are the product of their parents' actions.
(b) Marriage is a holy sacrament.
(c) Cooperation as the ultimate good in a community.
(d) Power lies in the hands of those who seize it.

5. In the book Facing Mount Kenya, the Ituĩka ceremony is described as lasting how long?
(a) Two weeks.
(b) Three months.
(c) Six months.
(d) Two months.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the campus of Makerere University College located that the author attended a historic meeting of African writers as described in Chapter 1, Part II?

2. What was the elitist institution for Africans in colonial Kenya where Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o attended high school?

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. 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?

5. When did Gakaara wa Wanjaũ earn the Noma Award for his secret diary he kept while in political detention?

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