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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 author's characters were identified by a Kenyan student within his village, leading to the belief that English literature was indeed relatable to Africans?
(a) Shakespeare's.
(b) Jane Austen's.
(c) Gakaara wa Wanjaũ's.
(d) Milton's.

2. What was the wall made of that stood at the back of the stage at Kamĩrĩĩthũ?
(a) Mud.
(b) Stucco.
(c) Bamboo.
(d) Mesh cloth.

3. What is the author's favorite novel by Joseph Conrad?
(a) The Secret Agent.
(b) Nostromo.
(c) Lord Jim.
(d) Heart of Darkness.

4. 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 two wisest of the thieves and robbers.
(c) The three most effective of the thieves and robbers.
(d) The seven cleverest thieves and robbers.

5. What term does the author define in Chapter 1, Part VIII as "literature written by Africans in European languages in the era of imperialism" (27)?
(a) Neo-African literature.
(b) African Exile literature.
(c) European-African literature.
(d) Afro-European literature.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the first school that Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o attended?

2. What does the author describe as the second aspect of language as culture in Chapter 1, Part IV?

3. In Ngaahika Ndeenda, Wangeci's monologue describes the Olengurueni women who were driven from their lands around where?

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

5. When did Professor Micere Mũgo give a speech in Nairobi entitled "Written Literature and Black Images"?

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