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

2. Who wrote The Pilgrim's Progress?
(a) Amos Tutuola.
(b) John Bunyan.
(c) Gabriel Okara.
(d) Martin Carter.

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)?
(a) "A counterintelligent adversary."
(b) "A subversive character."
(c) "A powerful enemy."
(d) "A sickness."

4. What word from the text refers to the conventional spelling system of a language?
(a) Lithography.
(b) Orinthology.
(c) Epistilography.
(d) Orthography.

5. In what language is Caitaani mũtharaba-Inĩ written?
(a) Ashanti.
(b) Swahili.
(c) Gĩkũyũ.
(d) Hausa.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was gunpowder invented?

2. Who was the head of the English Department at Nairobi University in 1968?

3. In Chapter 1, Part I, the author asserts, "The choice of language and the use to which language is put is central to" what (4)?

4. In what language did Fumo Liyongo write?

5. When was the Bata shoe factory established?

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