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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) Horn.
(b) Linguistics.
(c) Penpoint.
(d) Kĩgũũnda.

2. What does the author describe as a constant theme in the stories that he grew up listening to?
(a) Power lies in the hands of those who seize it.
(b) Marriage is a holy sacrament.
(c) Cooperation as the ultimate good in a community.
(d) Children are the product of their parents' actions.

3. What did a very cruel prison superintendent warn Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o against writing?
(a) Poems.
(b) Letters.
(c) Novels.
(d) Memoirs.

4. When did the Kenya Land and Freedom Army usher in the era of modern guerilla warfare in Africa?
(a) 1965.
(b) 1956.
(c) 1952.
(d) 1959.

5. In what language did Fumo Liyongo write?
(a) Jalaa.
(b) Gĩkũyũ.
(c) Hausa.
(d) Swahili.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote Facing Mount Kenya?

2. Who founded the Theatre of the Oppressed?

3. What word from the text refers to the conventional spelling system of a language?

4. Where did Dr. Kimanĩ Gecaũ flee to in 1982?

5. How many copies of Caitaani mũtharaba-Inĩ did the publishers initially print?

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