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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 was the author's earliest short story, which was published in the literary journal at Makerere University College?
(a) "The Waving Wheat."
(b) "The Sand Dune."
(c) "The Officer."
(d) "The Fig Tree."

2. 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?
(a) Rational.
(b) Analytical.
(c) Metaphysical.
(d) Comprehensive.

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

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

5. What is the competition set to choose at the feast of thieves and robbers in Caitaani mũtharaba-Inĩ?
(a) The three most effective of the thieves and robbers.
(b) The two wisest of the thieves and robbers.
(c) The seven cleverest thieves and robbers.
(d) The two most humble of the thieves and robbers.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote The Pilgrim's Progress?

2. Who wrote The Five Bandits and Groundless Rumours?

3. Along with what other two lecturers did the author present a rejection of the primacy of English literature and cultures at Nairobi University?

4. What was the student literary journal at Ibadan University College?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the author remark about Joseph Conrad in regards to narrative perspective?

2. What does the author say about critical reception of literature in Chapter 3, Part IX?

3. What about George Lamming's work impressed the author?

4. What are the subject and themes in the author's book Homecoming?

5. What does the author mean when he refers to a person's philosophic base of relevance?

6. Who attended the conference "The Teaching of African Literature in Kenyan Schools"?

7. How did the author go about obtaining the basic necessities for writing while in prison?

8. What does the author remark about African poetry in Chapter 4, Part I?

9. What is Gakaara Book Service and where is it located?

10. Who was Bertolt Brecht?

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