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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who wrote King Solomon's Mines?
(a) Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel.
(b) Martin Carter.
(c) Sir H. Rider Haggard.
(d) Gabriel Okara.

3. 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) Two years.
(b) Nine months.
(c) Three months.
(d) Six months.

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

5. What language did the President of the Kamuzu Academy instruct should occupy a central place in the curriculum?
(a) Gĩkũyũ.
(b) Latin.
(c) French.
(d) Swahili.

Short Answer Questions

1. When were Kamĩrĩĩthũ and the other villages around Limuru established?

2. When did Professor Micere Mũgo give a speech in Nairobi entitled "Written Literature and Black Images"?

3. In what book of the author's did he narrate the fate of the production of Maitũ Njugĩra?

4. How many years of involvement had Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o spent writing literature in Englis when the author began writing in Gĩkũyũ?

5. What was the approximate population of Kamĩrĩĩthũ in 1975?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the mutually opposed forces in African realities today, according to the author in his Introduction?

2. Describe the theater that was erected at the Kamĩrĩĩthũ Community Education and Cultural Centre. Where was it located?

3. What are the origins of drama, according to the author in Chapter 2, Part III?

4. How did the literature of Africa change during the upheaval between imperialism and liberty?

5. What are the three aspects of language as means of communication?

6. Describe the Ituĩka ceremony. What was its purpose and how often did it take place?

7. What significant event in 1884 determined the fate of the future of Africa?

8. What role did song and dance have in the original production of Ngaahika Ndeenda?

9. What dramas was the author exposed to during his education?

10. What literary convention does the author describe in Chapter 1, Part II? Who attended?

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