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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did the author begin attending Makerere University College?
(a) 1959.
(b) 1952.
(c) 1962.
(d) 1955.

2. What publishing house did Gakaara wa Wanjaũ establish?
(a) Ituĩka Book Service.
(b) Wanjaũ Book Service.
(c) Kĩgũũnda Book Service.
(d) Gakaara Book Service.

3. When was the conference on "The Teaching of African Literature in Kenyan Schools" held at the Nairobi School?
(a) 1974.
(b) 1977.
(c) 1979.
(d) 1982.

4. Who does the author attribute with changing language all the time?
(a) The petty-bourgeoisie.
(b) The upper and royal classes.
(c) The peasantry and working class.
(d) The intellectual elite and educators.

5. Who wrote The Five Bandits and Groundless Rumours?
(a) Kim Chi Ha.
(b) Amos Tutuola.
(c) Gabriel Okara.
(d) Bob Dixon.

6. Makerere University College, Ibadam University College, and the Ghana University College were all overseas colleges under the umbrella of what institution?
(a) The University of London.
(b) The University of Leeds.
(c) The King's College.
(d) Oxford University.

7. What cell number did Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o have in prison?
(a) 13.
(b) 62.
(c) 12.
(d) 16.

8. What was the literary journal at Makerere University College?
(a) Penpoint.
(b) Horn.
(c) Linguistics.
(d) Kĩgũũnda.

9. Who was the head of the English Department at Nairobi University in 1968?
(a) Dr. Kim Chi Ha.
(b) Dr. Bob Dixon.
(c) Dr. James Stewart.
(d) Dr. Martin Carter.

10. Who is the author of Imperialism, the Highest Stage of Capitalism?
(a) Vladimir Lenin.
(b) Alan Paton.
(c) Frantz Fanon.
(d) Gakaara wa Wanjaũ.

11. Where is Ibadan University located?
(a) Nigeria.
(b) Kenya.
(c) Chad.
(d) Sudan.

12. Who is described in Chapter 4, Part IX as a German visionary how the money taken from the worker and the poor had come to dominate human relations?
(a) Bertolt Brecht.
(b) Karl Marx.
(c) Gakaara wa Wanjaũ.
(d) Gabriel Okara.

13. Who wrote the poem "Speech to Danish Working Class Actors on the Art of Observation"?
(a) Frantz Fanon.
(b) Gakaara wa Wanjaũ.
(c) Martin Carter.
(d) Bertolt Brecht.

14. What is the central backdrop of Caitaani mũtharaba-Inĩ?
(a) The fall of the hero.
(b) The relationship bewteen fathers and sons.
(c) The journey.
(d) The act of heroism.

15. During what years was Gakaara wa Wanjaũ detained in prison?
(a) 1952-1962.
(b) 1959-1962.
(c) 1950-1958.
(d) 1955-1962.

Short Answer Questions

1. What character in Caitaani mũtharaba-Inĩ moves in a matatu taxi from Nairobi to Ilmorog?

2. Who invented mathematical science?

3. Who wrote The Master and Margarita?

4. What word from the text refers to the conventional spelling system of a language?

5. Who gave the speech "Shakespeare in Africa" at Makerere University College?

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