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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 was the literary journal at Makerere University College?
(a) Linguistics.
(b) Penpoint.
(c) Horn.
(d) Kĩgũũnda.

2. When was Caitaani mutharaba-Ini published?
(a) 1989.
(b) 1980.
(c) 1978.
(d) 1975.

3. When did Gakaara wa Wanjaũ earn the Noma Award for his secret diary he kept while in political detention?
(a) 1989.
(b) 1984.
(c) 1991.
(d) 1978.

4. How far is Kamĩrĩĩthũ from Nairobi?
(a) 50 km.
(b) 20 km.
(c) 30 km.
(d) 10 km.

5. When did the production of Maitũ Njugĩra begin?
(a) September, 1976.
(b) July, 1982.
(c) November, 1981.
(d) March, 1977.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word from the text refers to something relating to the theory of knowledge, especially with regard to its methods, validity, and scope?

2. The author notes in his Introduction that the study of African realities has been seen for too long in terms of what?

3. Who was the military dictator and President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo/Zaire from 1965 to 1997?

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

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)?

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