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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. When was the conference on "The Teaching of African Literature in Kenyan Schools" held at the Nairobi School?
(a) 1979.
(b) 1974.
(c) 1982.
(d) 1977.

2. 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?
(a) Obi Wali.
(b) Birago Diop.
(c) Martin Carter.
(d) Amos Tutuola.

3. What performance troupe first performed The Trial of Dedan Kimathi?
(a) The Ibadan Drama Group Festac 76.
(b) Ghana’s Concert Party theatre.
(c) The Nairobi National Theatre Group.
(d) The Kenya Festac 77 Drama Group.

4. Where was the author working as the Chairman of the Literature Department when he was arrested?
(a) The University of Nairobi.
(b) The University of Makerere.
(c) Leeds University.
(d) Oxford University.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the President of Toto from 1967 until 2005?

2. What does the word "Maitũ" translate to in English?

3. According to the author in Chapter 1, Part I, as an effect of colonization, Africa was defined in the languages of Europe. What three languages does he describe?

4. In the author's analysis of the philosophical base of a person's perspective in Chapter 4, Part VII, he asks whether a person's standpoint is idealist or what?

5. The author states in Chapter 1, Part IV, "Language as culture is the collective memory bank of a people's" what (15)?

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