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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What family is central in Ngaahika Ndeenda?
(a) The Kĩmaathi family.
(b) The Achebe family.
(c) The Mĩriĩ family.
(d) The Kĩgũũnda family.

2. When does the author describe attending a historic meeting of African writers in Chapter 1, Part II?
(a) 1972.
(b) 1974.
(c) 1962.
(d) 1959.

3. About how many children did Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o's father have?
(a) 22.
(b) 16.
(c) 28.
(d) 13.

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

5. What does the word "Maitũ" translate to in English?
(a) Sister.
(b) Mother.
(c) Father.
(d) Bride.

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

7. Who wrote King Solomon's Mines?
(a) Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel.
(b) Gabriel Okara.
(c) Martin Carter.
(d) Sir H. Rider Haggard.

8. In Ngaahika Ndeenda, Wangeci's monologue describes the Olengurueni women who were driven from their lands around where?
(a) Eskista.
(b) Aduma.
(c) Yatta.
(d) Nakuru.

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

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

11. With whom did Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o collaborate in the drafting of the playscript for Ngaahika Ndeenda?
(a) Birago Diop.
(b) Martin Carter.
(c) Ngũgĩ wa Miriĩ.
(d) Amos Tutuola.

12. For how long was Gakaara wa Wanjaũ imprisoned for his writings in Gĩkũyũ?
(a) 6 years.
(b) 8 years.
(c) 10 years.
(d) 13 years.

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

14. What does the Ituĩka ceremony mark?
(a) The handing over of power from one generation to another.
(b) The marriage of an elder's son to a colonial daughter.
(c) The birth of the first son in a family.
(d) The onset of war.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the Kenya government outlaw Kamĩrĩĩthũ Community Education and Cultural Center and ban all theater activities in the entire area?

2. The author says in Chapter 1, Part IX, "A writer who tries to communicate the message of revolutionary unity and hope in the languages of the people becomes" what (30)?

3. What term used by the author in the Introduction is defined by him as having the effect of annihilating a people's belief in their names, languages, unity, and ultimately, themselves?

4. What does the author say the real aim of colonialism was in Chapter 1, Part V?

5. What three colors comprise the flag of Kenya?

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