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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who invented mathematical science?
(a) The Arabs.
(b) The Chinese.
(c) The Europeans.
(d) The Kikuyu.

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

4. Who wrote A Room of One's Own?
(a) Gakaara wa Wanjaũ.
(b) Virginia Woolf.
(c) Frantz Fanon.
(d) Alan Paton.

5. 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?
(a) The world context of the neo-colonial age.
(b) The world context of the North American experience.
(c) The world context of the black experience.
(d) The world context of the European experience.

6. Upon what did the author write his novel Caitaani Mutharaba-Ini?
(a) Notebook paper.
(b) Store receipts.
(c) His cell walls.
(d) Toilet paper.

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

8. What author's characters were identified by a Kenyan student within his village, leading to the belief that English literature was indeed relatable to Africans?
(a) Shakespeare's.
(b) Milton's.
(c) Jane Austen's.
(d) Gakaara wa Wanjaũ's.

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

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

11. 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) Oxford University.
(c) The King's College.
(d) The University of Leeds.

12. Who wrote Cry, the Beloved Country?
(a) Alan Paton.
(b) Chinua Achebe.
(c) Amos Tutuola.
(d) Obi Wali.

13. What character in Caitaani mũtharaba-Inĩ moves in a matatu taxi from Nairobi to Ilmorog?
(a) Munira.
(b) Abdulla.
(c) Nyakinyua.
(d) Warĩĩnga.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the author refer to as the two most outstanding critical minds that might have made his study of English Literature really meaningful?

2. In what language was Hekaya Za Abunuwasi written?

3. In what language did Fumo Liyongo write?

4. Who is the protagonist in Cry, the Beloved Country?

5. Who was the military dictator and President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo/Zaire from 1965 to 1997?

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