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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. What does the word "axiomatic" mean, as used in Chapter 1, Part I?
2. When did Kenya attain independence from Great Britain?
3. What were largely featured as the main characters in the stories that Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o grew up listening to as a child?
4. Where is the campus of Makerere University College located that the author attended a historic meeting of African writers as described in Chapter 1, Part II?
5. How far is Kamĩrĩĩthũ from Nairobi?
Short Essay Questions
1. What are the origins of drama, according to the author in Chapter 2, Part III?
2. What role did song and dance have in the original production of Ngaahika Ndeenda?
3. What is the basic plot of Ngaahika Ndeenda?
4. What led the author to his choice of language in writing Ngaahika Ndeenda?
5. What literary convention does the author describe in Chapter 1, Part II? Who attended?
6. When did Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o cease writing in English? What were his first works in Gĩkũyũ?
7. Who were the Mau Mau?
8. What does the author describe as the effects of one's written language being separated from one's environmental language?
9. What are the three aspects of language as means of communication?
10. Who is David Diop and what was his perspective on language?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the publication and distribution of Caitaani Mũtharabainĩ. How many copies were originally ordered? How well did they sell and who bought them? How was the novel consumed by a largely illiterate audience?
Essay Topic 2
Describe the oral storytelling traditions of Kenya. What were the subjects of these stories? How were they related and who was the audience? What happened to these oral traditions when colonization came to dominate the continent?
Essay Topic 3
Describe the village of Kamĩrĩĩthũ. Where is it located? What is the population and geography of the area? What is the basis of the economy in the village?
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