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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. In what language was Hekaya Za Abunuwasi written?
(a) Jalaa.
(b) Kiswahili.
(c) Hausa.
(d) Ashanti.
2. Where was Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o detained?
(a) Ituĩka Maximum Security Prison.
(b) Kĩgũũnda Maximum Security Prison.
(c) Kĩmaathi Maximum Security Prison.
(d) Kamiti Maximum Security Prison.
3. Who wrote the novel Mister Johnson?
(a) Joyce Cary.
(b) Nderi wa Riera.
(c) Karen Blixen.
(d) Bob Dixon.
4. What was the literary journal at Makerere University College?
(a) Kĩgũũnda.
(b) Penpoint.
(c) Horn.
(d) Linguistics.
5. Who is the author of Imperialism, the Highest Stage of Capitalism?
(a) Alan Paton.
(b) Frantz Fanon.
(c) Gakaara wa Wanjaũ.
(d) Vladimir Lenin.
Short Answer Questions
1. What was the author's fourth novel in English?
2. Along with what other two lecturers did the author present a rejection of the primacy of English literature and cultures at Nairobi University?
3. Who is the author of Out of Africa?
4. What is the central backdrop of Caitaani mũtharaba-Inĩ?
5. 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?
Short Essay Questions
1. How did the author go about obtaining the basic necessities for writing while in prison?
2. What reasons does the author give for Africans studying Caribbean and Afro-American literature?
3. How were copies of Caitaani Mũtharabainĩ distributed in rural Africa?
4. What criticisms does the author make of Cry, the Beloved Country?
5. What is the meaning of the author's metaphor of the blind men and the elephant in Chapter 4, Part I?
6. How does the author describe the the fairly simple structure of Caitaani Mũtharabainĩ in Chapter 3, Part VI?
7. What does the author mean when he refers to a person's philosophic base of relevance?
8. What two factors have adversely affected the African novel and its development?
9. What does the author remark about Franz Josef Strauss's official visit to the Independent Republic of Togo in Chapter 3, Part VII?
10. What does the author remark about Joseph Conrad in regards to narrative perspective?
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