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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. What were largely featured as the main characters in the stories that Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o grew up listening to as a child?
(a) Goddesses.
(b) Women.
(c) Gods.
(d) Animals.

2. What character in Ngaahika Ndeenda has a long dramatic monologue about the struggle between capital and labor which is described in Chapter 2, Part V?
(a) Gĩcaamba.
(b) Kĩgũũnda.
(c) Maitũ Njugĩra.
(d) Kĩmaathi.

3. When was Things Fall Apart published?
(a) 1982.
(b) 1959.
(c) 1962.
(d) 1969.

4. In the Kamĩrĩĩthũ rehearsal and production for Ngaahika Ndeenda, the author says perfection was shown to be what?
(a) Inherent.
(b) Expected.
(c) Innate.
(d) A process.

5. The author notes in his Introduction that the study of African realities has been seen for too long in terms of what?
(a) Illiteracy.
(b) War.
(c) Poverty.
(d) Tribes.

Short Answer Questions

1. On what days of the week did the woman from Kamĩrĩĩthũ visit the author, according to his narrative in Chapter 2, Part I?

2. How many wives did Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o's father have?

3. Who wrote the book African Language Literatures that is referred to in Chapter 1, Part VII?

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

5. What language did Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o speak growing up?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the three aspects of language as culture?

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

3. What was the Kamĩrĩĩthhũ Community Education and Culture Centre?

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

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

6. What is the basic plot of Ngaahika Ndeenda?

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

8. How does the author describe the significance of land in Kenya?

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

10. What was Chinua Achebe's stance on language?

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