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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. When did the production of Maitũ Njugĩra begin?
2. In Chapter 1, Part IV, the author states that "Language, any language, has a dual character: it is both a means of communication and" what (13)?
3. When did the author submit The River Between to a writing competition by the East African Literature Bureau?
4. In Chapter 1, Part IV the author states that language as communication has three aspects. The first of these is the language of real life, which he attributes to having been coined by whom?
5. When did the Kamĩrĩĩthũ Community Education and Culture Center begin functioning?
Short Essay Questions
1. What are the origins of drama, according to the author in Chapter 2, Part III?
2. In his Introduction, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o states that the study of African realities has been too long seen in terms of tribes. What does he mean by this?
3. What role did drama play in pre-colonial Kenyan life?
4. What were Léopold Sédar Senghor's views on language?
5. What led the author to his choice of language in writing Ngaahika Ndeenda?
6. What was Chinua Achebe's stance on language?
7. Describe the Ituĩka ceremony. What was its purpose and how often did it take place?
8. When did Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o cease writing in English? What were his first works in Gĩkũyũ?
9. How does the author describe Kamĩrĩĩthũ? Where is it located? How many people live there?
10. What are the three aspects of language as means of communication?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss how the printing press and the introduction of colleges and universities in Africa stood as opposing forces for African literature. When was the printing press introduced to Africa and by whom? Who controlled the publication of literature? How did colleges and universities stand as obstacles to African novelists?
Essay Topic 2
What languages have dominated Africa in the colonial and post-colonial eras? How were these European languages imparted upon the residents of African countries or colonies? In what languages did early African literature of the 19th and 20th centuries emerge?
Essay Topic 3
What was the Berlin Conference of 1884? What world powers attended this conference? What was the goal of the conference? What outcomes came from the conference?
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