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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did a very cruel prison superintendent warn Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o against writing?
(a) Poems.
(b) Letters.
(c) Novels.
(d) Memoirs.

2. Who gave the speech "Shakespeare in Africa" at Makerere University College?
(a) Professor Diop.
(b) Professor Okara.
(c) Professor Hegel.
(d) Professor Warner.

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

4. Who is the trickster that is featured in Hekaya Za Abunuwasi?
(a) Abunuwasi.
(b) Okara.
(c) Gernudisi.
(d) Tutuola.

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

6. What word from the text means instilled by persistent instruction?
(a) Corrugated.
(b) Inculcated.
(c) Indoctrinated.
(d) Emulsified.

7. How many copies of Caitaani mũtharaba-Inĩ did the publishers initially print?
(a) 10,000.
(b) 2,000.
(c) 5,000.
(d) 1,000.

8. 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) Gabriel Okara.
(d) Gakaara wa Wanjaũ.

9. Who wrote The Master and Margarita?
(a) Gabriel Okara.
(b) Kim Chi Ha.
(c) Amos Tutuola.
(d) Mikhail Bulgakov.

10. Along with what other two lecturers did the author present a rejection of the primacy of English literature and cultures at Nairobi University?
(a) Chinua Achebe and Gakaara wa Wanjaũ.
(b) Owuor Anyumba and Taban Lo Liyong.
(c) Karen Blixen and Kim Chi Ha.
(d) Amos Tutuola and Gabriel Okara.

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

12. Where was the author working as the Chairman of the Literature Department when he was arrested?
(a) Oxford University.
(b) Leeds University.
(c) The University of Makerere.
(d) The University of Nairobi.

13. What was the author's fourth novel in English?
(a) A Grain of Wheat.
(b) Weep Not, Child.
(c) Petals of Blood.
(d) The River Between.

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

15. What is the author's favorite novel by Joseph Conrad?
(a) Lord Jim.
(b) Nostromo.
(c) The Secret Agent.
(d) Heart of Darkness.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the author of Out of Africa?

2. Who is the author of Imperialism, the Highest Stage of Capitalism?

3. What cell number did Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o have in prison?

4. What novel did the author's headmaster at Alliance High School admonish for introducing sex sequences between whites and blacks in South Africa?

5. What is the competition set to choose at the feast of thieves and robbers in Caitaani mũtharaba-Inĩ?

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