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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 the African novel The Voice?
(a) Alan Paton.
(b) Gabriel Okara.
(c) Martin Carter.
(d) Amos Tutuola.

2. What does the Ituĩka ceremony mark?
(a) The onset of war.
(b) The marriage of an elder's son to a colonial daughter.
(c) The handing over of power from one generation to another.
(d) The birth of the first son in a family.

3. When was Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o arrested as a result of the production of Ngaahika Ndeenda?
(a) October 2, 1977.
(b) December 31, 1977.
(c) September 12, 1976.
(d) March 30, 1977.

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

5. 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) Kĩmaathi.
(c) Maitũ Njugĩra.
(d) Kĩgũũnda.

Short Answer Questions

1. For how long was Gakaara wa Wanjaũ imprisoned for his writings in Gĩkũyũ?

2. Wangeci's monologue from the excerpt of Ngaahika Ndeenda in the text describes the Olengurueni women who were exiled to where?

3. In the book Facing Mount Kenya, the Ituĩka ceremony is described as lasting how long?

4. On what date did the Kenya government ban any further performances of Ngaahika Ndeenda?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is David Diop and what was his perspective on language?

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

3. What were Léopold Sédar Senghor's views on language?

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

5. What does the author mean when he refers to the domination of the mental universe of the colonized?

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

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

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

9. How does the author describe the peasant's relationship to language in Chapter 1, Part VII?

10. What role did drama play in pre-colonial Kenyan life?

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