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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Dr. Kimanĩ Gecaũ flee to in 1982?
(a) Algeria.
(b) Zimbabwe.
(c) Cameroon.
(d) The Democratic Republic of Congo.

2. What does the author say the real aim of colonialism was in Chapter 1, Part V?
(a) To control the people's history.
(b) To control the people's community.
(c) To control the people's beliefs.
(d) To control the people's wealth.

3. What character in Ngaahika Ndeenda has a long dramatic monologue about the struggle between capital and labor which is described in Chapter 2, Part V?
(a) Maitũ Njugĩra.
(b) Kĩmaathi.
(c) Gĩcaamba.
(d) Kĩgũũnda.

4. On what date did Ngaahika Ndeenda open to a paying audience?
(a) September 12, 1976.
(b) October 2, 1977.
(c) March 30, 1977.
(d) June 12, 1978.

5. When did the Kĩmaathi-led armed struggle begin leading to the British colonial regimes suspending all civil liberties?
(a) 1963.
(b) 1952.
(c) 1959.
(d) 1955.

6. Who wrote the book African Language Literatures that is referred to in Chapter 1, Part VII?
(a) Birago Diop.
(b) Albert Gerard.
(c) Martin Carter.
(d) Amos Tutuola.

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

8. The author poses the question in Chapter 1, Part VIII, "What is the difference between a politician who says Africa cannot do without imperialism and the writer who says Africa cannot do without" what (26)?
(a) "European culture."
(b) "Western philosophies."
(c) "Western ideologies."
(d) "European languages."

9. What is the name of the secret diary that Gakaara wa Wanjaũ kept while in political detention?
(a) Matigari ma Njiruungi.
(b) Mwandĩki wa Mau Mau Ithaamĩrioinĩ.
(c) Caitaani mũtharaba-Inĩ.
(d) Ngaahika Ndeenda.

10. What did Sydney Portier say he had come to associate Africa with as a result of the literature he had read?
(a) Witches.
(b) Snakes.
(c) Tigers.
(d) Lions.

11. What language did the President of the Kamuzu Academy instruct should occupy a central place in the curriculum?
(a) Swahili.
(b) French.
(c) Gĩkũyũ.
(d) Latin.

12. What three colors comprise the flag of Kenya?
(a) Red, yellow, and green.
(b) Black, red, and green.
(c) Black, green, and blue.
(d) Black, yellow, and green.

13. Who wrote The Palm-wine Drunkard?
(a) Martin Carter.
(b) Birago Diop.
(c) Gabriel Okara.
(d) Amos Tutuola.

14. In his Introduction, the author states that the theme of this book is taken from a poem by what Guyanese poet?
(a) Wole Soyinka.
(b) Gakaara wa Wanjaũ.
(c) Martin Carter.
(d) Alan Paton.

15. In Chapter 1, Part IV the author states that language as communication has three aspects. The first of these is the language of real life, which he attributes to having been coined by whom?
(a) Vladimir Lenin.
(b) Frantz Fanon.
(c) Alan Paton.
(d) Karl Marx.

Short Answer Questions

1. The author states in Chapter 1, Part IX that "to the comprador-ruling regimes, their real enemy is" what (30)?

2. Who are the peasant and his wife awaiting the arrival of in the opening of Ngaahika Ndeenda?

3. What does the word "axiomatic" mean, as used in Chapter 1, Part I?

4. What does the Gĩkũyũ word "ngurukuhĩ" translate to in English?

5. For how long was Gakaara wa Wanjaũ imprisoned for his writings in Gĩkũyũ?

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