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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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) Afro-European literature.
(c) African Exile literature.
(d) European-African literature.

3. What does "Maitũ Njugĩra" translate to in English?
(a) Mother Sing for Me.
(b) I Will Marry When I Want.
(c) Devil on the Cross.
(d) A Meeting in the Dark.

4. When did the author submit The River Between to a writing competition by the East African Literature Bureau?
(a) 1961.
(b) 1969.
(c) 1956.
(d) 1989.

5. How large was the work force of the Bata shoe factory at the time when Ngaahika Ndeenda was produced?
(a) 5,000.
(b) 1,000.
(c) 2,000.
(d) 3,000.

6. What does "Caitaani mutharaba-Ini" translate to in English?
(a) Devil on the Cross.
(b) A Meeting in the Dark.
(c) I Will Marry When I Want.
(d) Mother Sing for Me.

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) 1884.
(b) 1859.
(c) 1865.
(d) 1896.

8. 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?
(a) Cairo, Egypt.
(b) Nairobi, Kenya.
(c) London, England.
(d) Kampala, Uganda.

9. Where was Janheinz Jahn from?
(a) France.
(b) The Netherlands.
(c) Germany.
(d) Greenland.

10. 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) Frantz Fanon.
(b) Vladimir Lenin.
(c) Alan Paton.
(d) Karl Marx.

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

12. 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.

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

14. The author notes in his Introduction that the study of African realities has been seen for too long in terms of what?
(a) Illiteracy.
(b) Tribes.
(c) War.
(d) Poverty.

15. The process of production for Ngaahika Ndeenda, from research, writing, auditions, and rehearsals as well as construction of the theater took how much time?
(a) Three months.
(b) Six months.
(c) Nine months.
(d) Two years.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the Kamĩrĩĩthũ Community Education and Culture Center begin functioning?

2. According to the author in Chapter 1, Part I, as an effect of colonization, Africa was defined in the languages of Europe. What three languages does he describe?

3. In his Introduction, the author states that the theme of this book is taken from a poem by what Guyanese poet?

4. Where is the Wolof language primarily used?

5. When did Gakaara wa Wanjaũ earn the Noma Award for his secret diary he kept while in political detention?

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