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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 does "Maitũ Njugĩra" translate to in English?
(a) A Meeting in the Dark.
(b) Devil on the Cross.
(c) Mother Sing for Me.
(d) I Will Marry When I Want.

2. With whom did Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o collaborate in the drafting of the playscript for Ngaahika Ndeenda?
(a) Birago Diop.
(b) Ngũgĩ wa Miriĩ.
(c) Martin Carter.
(d) Amos Tutuola.

3. Where did the capitalist powers of Europe carve up the continent of Africa into different colonies in the late 1800s?
(a) Amsterdam.
(b) Berlin.
(c) Paris.
(d) London.

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?
(a) 1859.
(b) 1896.
(c) 1865.
(d) 1884.

5. Who is the author of Out of Africa?
(a) Joyce Cary.
(b) Gakaara wa Wanjaũ.
(c) Bob Dixon.
(d) Karen Blixen.

Short Answer Questions

1. What cell number did Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o have in prison?

2. What dance is despicted in the scene from Ngaahika Ndeenda that is presented in Chapter 2, Part V?

3. What was the name of the journal in the Gĩkũyũ language that Gakaara wa Wanjaũ established after being released from prison?

4. In the Kamĩrĩĩthũ rehearsal and production for Ngaahika Ndeenda, the author says perfection was shown to be what?

5. 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?

(see the answer key)

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