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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 the author's analysis of the philosophical base of a person's perspective in Chapter 4, Part VII, he asks whether a person's standpoint is idealist or what?
(a) Leftist.
(b) Objectivist.
(c) Materialist.
(d) Realist.

2. During what years was Gakaara wa Wanjaũ detained in prison?
(a) 1952-1962.
(b) 1950-1958.
(c) 1955-1962.
(d) 1959-1962.

3. Who wrote the poem "Speech to Danish Working Class Actors on the Art of Observation"?
(a) Gakaara wa Wanjaũ.
(b) Martin Carter.
(c) Frantz Fanon.
(d) Bertolt Brecht.

4. Upon what did the author write his novel Caitaani Mutharaba-Ini?
(a) Notebook paper.
(b) Store receipts.
(c) His cell walls.
(d) Toilet paper.

5. By what number was Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o called in prison?
(a) K3, 99.
(b) K5, 89.
(c) K4, 51.
(d) K6, 77.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word from the text refers to the conventional spelling system of a language?

2. What cell number did Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o have in prison?

3. Who chaired the committee that organized the conference on "The Teaching of African Literature in Kenyan Schools" held at the Nairobi School?

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

5. What novel did the author's headmaster at Alliance High School admonish for introducing sex sequences between whites and blacks in South Africa?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What works did the author assign to his students to read just before his arrest? Why?

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

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

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

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

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

8. How was written language largely developed in Africa?

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

10. What does the author mean when he refers to Afro-European literature?

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