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

2. What metaphor does the author present to describe the differences of perception in Chapter 4, Part I?
(a) The seven rings of the prince.
(b) The seven blind men and the elephant.
(c) The seven snakes and the snake handler.
(d) The seven warriors on the cliff.

3. 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 European experience.
(c) The world context of the North American experience.
(d) The world context of the black experience.

4. What is the author's favorite novel by Joseph Conrad?
(a) Heart of Darkness.
(b) Lord Jim.
(c) Nostromo.
(d) The Secret Agent.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. What word from the text means instilled by persistent instruction?

3. Who wrote The Interpreters?

4. Who was the President of the West German Federal Council in 1984?

5. By what number was Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o called in prison?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the basic demand in the statement presented by the author, Owuor Anyumba, and Taban Lo Liyong at the University of Nairobi?

3. How does the author describe his prison cell in Chapter 3, Part I?

4. What does the author remark about Franz Josef Strauss's official visit to the Independent Republic of Togo in Chapter 3, Part VII?

5. What were the three broad categories of literature available to African children described by the author in Chapter 4, Part III?

6. Who was Bertolt Brecht?

7. What does the author remark about Faust in Chapter 3, Part VIII?

8. How were copies of Caitaani Mũtharabainĩ distributed in rural Africa?

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

10. How does the author describe the the fairly simple structure of Caitaani Mũtharabainĩ in Chapter 3, Part VI?

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