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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The author states in Chapter 1, Part V that economic and political control can never be complete or effective without what?
(a) Agricultural control.
(b) Mental control.
(c) Physical control.
(d) Environmental control.

2. Who wrote the African novel The Voice?
(a) Gabriel Okara.
(b) Alan Paton.
(c) Amos Tutuola.
(d) Martin Carter.

3. 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) Amos Tutuola.
(b) Obi Wali.
(c) Martin Carter.
(d) Birago Diop.

4. On what days of the week did the woman from Kamĩrĩĩthũ visit the author, according to his narrative in Chapter 2, Part I?
(a) Sundays.
(b) Saturdays.
(c) Mondays.
(d) Fridays.

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

6. What does the word "axiomatic" mean, as used in Chapter 1, Part I?
(a) Self-evident.
(b) Mean-spirited.
(c) Subjugating.
(d) Arbitrary.

7. Since when does the author state imperialism has affected the lives of even the peasants in the remotest corners of our countries in his Introduction?
(a) 1896.
(b) 1884.
(c) 1859.
(d) 1865.

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

9. What does the author refer to as being the basis of a people's identity in Chapter 1, Part IV?
(a) Family.
(b) Economy.
(c) Values.
(d) History.

10. Hausa is the first language of approximately how many people?
(a) 44 million.
(b) 20 million.
(c) 10 million.
(d) 36 million.

11. What term from Chapter 1, Part VI refers to a person within a country who acts as an agent for foreign organizations engaged in investment, trade, or economic or political exploitation?
(a) Compatriate.
(b) Conquistador.
(c) Comprador.
(d) Matador.

12. When were Kamĩrĩĩthũ and the other villages around Limuru established?
(a) The 1970s.
(b) The 1950s.
(c) The 1960s.
(d) The 1940s.

13. Where did David Diop get his primary education?
(a) Senegal.
(b) The Ivory Coast.
(c) Guinea.
(d) Mauritania.

14. In the repeated chorus in the scene from Ngaahika Ndeenda that is presented in the text, the lyrics state that problems can be settled in what?
(a) Jokes.
(b) Love.
(c) Blood.
(d) War.

15. Who wrote Catching Them Young?
(a) Gabriel Okara.
(b) Sir H. Rider Haggard.
(c) Bob Dixon.
(d) Thomas Jefferson.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the Wolof language primarily used?

2. On what date did Ngaahika Ndeenda open to a paying audience?

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

4. Who wrote the book African Language Literatures that is referred to in Chapter 1, Part VII?

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

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