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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The author describes in Chapter 3, Part VII being most impressed with the masterful handling of what in In the Castle of My Skin?
(a) The symbolism and imagery.
(b) The lyricism of the narrative.
(c) The themes developed in the novel.
(d) Different narrative techniques.

2. Who is the protagonist in Cry, the Beloved Country?
(a) Stephen Kumalo.
(b) Nyakinyua.
(c) Wanja.
(d) Nderi wa Riera.

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

4. What word from the text refers to the conventional spelling system of a language?
(a) Orinthology.
(b) Epistilography.
(c) Lithography.
(d) Orthography.

5. Who wrote The Pilgrim's Progress?
(a) Gabriel Okara.
(b) Amos Tutuola.
(c) Martin Carter.
(d) John Bunyan.

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

7. What does the author describe as the ultimate arbiter of form in Chapter 3, Part VI?
(a) Symbolism.
(b) Theme.
(c) Language.
(d) Content.

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

9. By what number was Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o called in prison?
(a) K4, 51.
(b) K6, 77.
(c) K5, 89.
(d) K3, 99.

10. 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) Gakaara wa Wanjaũ.
(b) Bertolt Brecht.
(c) Gabriel Okara.
(d) Karl Marx.

11. Who was the President of Toto from 1967 until 2005?
(a) Gabriel Okara.
(b) Amos Tutuola.
(c) Gnassingbé Eyadéma.
(d) Kim Chi Ha.

12. Who wrote In the Castle of My Skin?
(a) George Lamming.
(b) Kim Chi Ha.
(c) Gabriel Okara.
(d) Amos Tutuola.

13. What metaphor does the author present to describe the differences of perception in Chapter 4, Part I?
(a) The seven blind men and the elephant.
(b) The seven warriors on the cliff.
(c) The seven rings of the prince.
(d) The seven snakes and the snake handler.

14. What Guatemalan poet wrote the poem addressed to apolitical intellectuals that is excerpted in Chapter 4, Part VIII?
(a) Otto Rene Castillo.
(b) Gakaara wa Wanjaũ.
(c) Gabriel Okara.
(d) Birago Diop.

15. When was Caitaani Mutharabaini published?
(a) 1982.
(b) 1975.
(c) 1980.
(d) 1985.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the author's analysis of the philosophical base of a person's perspective in Chapter 4, Part VII, he asks whether a person's standpoint is idealist or what?

2. Who wrote the novel Mister Johnson?

3. In his analysis of a person's philosophical base in Chapter 4, Part VII, the author asks whether the person's mode of thinking is dialectical or what?

4. The development of the treatise on the teaching of African literature in Kenyan schools stated that the teaching of non-African literature in schools should aim to introduce the student to what?

5. When did the author begin attending Makerere University College?

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