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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Wangeci's monologue from the excerpt of Ngaahika Ndeenda in the text describes the Olengurueni women who were exiled to where?
(a) Nakuru.
(b) Yatta.
(c) Eskista.
(d) Aduma.

2. How many wives did Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o's father have?
(a) Four.
(b) Five.
(c) Two.
(d) Three.

3. Who was the first Kenyan African Drama and Literature officer that oversaw the Schools Drama Festival?
(a) Obi Wali.
(b) Léopold Sédar Senghor.
(c) Alan Paton.
(d) Wasambo Were.

4. How many years of involvement had Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o spent writing literature in Englis when the author began writing in Gĩkũyũ?
(a) 13.
(b) 31.
(c) 22.
(d) 17.

5. The author states in Chapter 1, Part IV, "Language as culture is the collective memory bank of a people's" what (15)?
(a) "Suffering and domination."
(b) "Perceptions of outsiders."
(c) "Experience in history."
(d) "Family and bloodline."

6. 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)?
(a) Neo-African literature.
(b) European-African literature.
(c) African Exile literature.
(d) Afro-European literature.

7. Who are the peasant and his wife awaiting the arrival of in the opening of Ngaahika Ndeenda?
(a) Obi and Jalaa.
(b) Mĩriĩ and Awli.
(c) Gakaara and Watu.
(d) Kĩoi and Jezebel.

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

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

10. From whom does the author borrow the phrase "empty space" in Chapter 2, Part III (37)?
(a) Alan Paton.
(b) Obi Wali.
(c) Peter Brook.
(d) Ngũgĩ wa Mĩriĩ.

11. Who founded the Theatre of the Oppressed?
(a) Amos Tutuola.
(b) Augusto Boal.
(c) Karl Marx.
(d) Bob Dixon.

12. About how often was the Ituĩka ceremony held by the Agĩkũyũ?
(a) Every 15 years.
(b) Every 10 years.
(c) Every 25 years.
(d) Every 30 years.

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

14. In Chapter 1, Part IV, the author states that "Language, any language, has a dual character: it is both a means of communication and" what (13)?
(a) "A product of necessity."
(b) "A symbol of unity."
(c) "A carrier of culture."
(d) "A carrier of history."

15. When was The Black Hermit first produced?
(a) 1959.
(b) 1944.
(c) 1962.
(d) 1969.

Short Answer Questions

1. The process of production for Ngaahika Ndeenda, from research, writing, auditions, and rehearsals as well as construction of the theater took how much time?

2. 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?

3. Where is the campus of Makerere University College located that the author attended a historic meeting of African writers as described in Chapter 1, Part II?

4. When was there a declaration of a state of emergency over Kenta that led to all schools being run by the colonial regime?

5. What does the word "vacillating" mean as used in Chapter 1, Part VI?

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