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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. Who is the trickster that is featured in Hekaya Za Abunuwasi?
(a) Tutuola.
(b) Gernudisi.
(c) Okara.
(d) Abunuwasi.

2. How many copies of Caitaani mũtharaba-Inĩ did the publishers initially print?
(a) 2,000.
(b) 10,000.
(c) 5,000.
(d) 1,000.

3. 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) Three months.
(b) Nine months.
(c) Two years.
(d) Six months.

4. In Chapter 1, Part IV the author states that language as communication has three aspects. The first of these is the language of real life, which he attributes to having been coined by whom?
(a) Karl Marx.
(b) Vladimir Lenin.
(c) Frantz Fanon.
(d) Alan Paton.

5. When was the Bata shoe factory established?
(a) 1944.
(b) 1938.
(c) 1959.
(d) 1962.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o begin writing in Gĩkũyũ?

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

3. The author states in his Introduction that he will look at the African realities as affected by the great struggle between two opposed forces in Africa today. These are an imperialist tradition and what?

4. What novel of the author's is comprised of stories within stories in a series of flashbacks?

5. What does the author describe as a constant theme in the stories that he grew up listening to?

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