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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4 (Parts V-IX): "The Quest for Relevance".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the competition set to choose at the feast of thieves and robbers in Caitaani mũtharaba-Inĩ?
(a) The two most humble of the thieves and robbers.
(b) The seven cleverest thieves and robbers.
(c) The two wisest of the thieves and robbers.
(d) The three most effective of the thieves and robbers.

2. When was there a declaration of a state of emergency over Kenta that led to all schools being run by the colonial regime?
(a) 1959.
(b) 1949.
(c) 1952.
(d) 1965.

3. Who wrote In the Castle of My Skin?
(a) Gabriel Okara.
(b) Kim Chi Ha.
(c) Amos Tutuola.
(d) George Lamming.

4. Who is the protagonist in Cry, the Beloved Country?
(a) Nderi wa Riera.
(b) Wanja.
(c) Stephen Kumalo.
(d) Nyakinyua.

5. Who invented mathematical science?
(a) The Arabs.
(b) The Kikuyu.
(c) The Chinese.
(d) The Europeans.

Short Answer Questions

1. For how long was Gakaara wa Wanjaũ imprisoned for his writings in Gĩkũyũ?

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

3. The author says in Chapter 1, Part IX, "A writer who tries to communicate the message of revolutionary unity and hope in the languages of the people becomes" what (30)?

4. Since when does the author state imperialism has affected the lives of even the peasants in the remotest corners of our countries in his Introduction?

5. What does "Caitaani mutharaba-Ini" translate to in English?

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