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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. During what years was Gakaara wa Wanjaũ detained in prison?
(a) 1952-1962.
(b) 1950-1958.
(c) 1959-1962.
(d) 1955-1962.
2. Who is the trickster that is featured in Hekaya Za Abunuwasi?
(a) Tutuola.
(b) Abunuwasi.
(c) Gernudisi.
(d) Okara.
3. What cell number did Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o have in prison?
(a) 12.
(b) 13.
(c) 16.
(d) 62.
4. What publishing house did Gakaara wa Wanjaũ establish?
(a) Kĩgũũnda Book Service.
(b) Gakaara Book Service.
(c) Wanjaũ Book Service.
(d) Ituĩka Book Service.
5. Where was the author working as the Chairman of the Literature Department when he was arrested?
(a) The University of Nairobi.
(b) The University of Makerere.
(c) Leeds University.
(d) Oxford University.
Short Answer Questions
1. In what language did Fumo Liyongo write?
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?
3. Who was the military dictator and President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo/Zaire from 1965 to 1997?
4. What author's characters were identified by a Kenyan student within his village, leading to the belief that English literature was indeed relatable to Africans?
5. What country's government does the author describe as having a Literature Bureau that would not publish an African noel which had any but religious themes and sociological themes free from politics in Chapter 3, Part IV?
Short Essay Questions
1. What two factors have adversely affected the African novel and its development?
2. What does the author mean when he refers to a person's philosophic base of relevance?
3. What are the subject and themes in the author's book Homecoming?
4. Who is Wole Soyinka and what works has he written?
5. What is the meaning of the author's metaphor of the blind men and the elephant in Chapter 4, Part I?
6. What does the author remark about African poetry in Chapter 4, Part I?
7. What does the author say about critical reception of literature in Chapter 3, Part IX?
8. What about George Lamming's work impressed the author?
9. What does the author remark about Joseph Conrad in regards to narrative perspective?
10. How was written language largely developed in Africa?
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