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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 was This Time Tomorrow written?
2. When did the Kamĩrĩĩthũ Community Education and Culture Center begin functioning?
3. What does "Maitũ Njugĩra" translate to in English?
4. The author states in Chapter 1, Part IX that "to the comprador-ruling regimes, their real enemy is" what (30)?
5. What was the first school that Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o attended?
Short Essay Questions
1. How did the literature of Africa change during the upheaval between imperialism and liberty?
2. How does the author describe Kamĩrĩĩthũ? Where is it located? How many people live there?
3. How are language and communication products of each other?
4. What does the author describe as the effects of one's written language being separated from one's environmental language?
5. What significant event in 1884 determined the fate of the future of Africa?
6. Who were the Mau Mau?
7. What role did drama play in pre-colonial Kenyan life?
8. What are the two main strands of the petty-bourgeoisie in Africa that the author describes in Chapter 1, Part VI?
9. Describe the theater that was erected at the Kamĩrĩĩthũ Community Education and Cultural Centre. Where was it located?
10. Describe the Ituĩka ceremony. What was its purpose and how often did it take place?
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
Who were Léopold Sédar Senghor and Chinua Achebe? In what languages did they each write? What works did they publish? What criticisms does the author observe of these authors?
Essay Topic 3
Describe and discuss the author's arrest and detainment in 1977-1978. On what grounds was he detained? Where was he detained? What works did he produce during his detainment?
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