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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 character in Ngaahika Ndeenda has a long dramatic monologue about the struggle between capital and labor which is described in Chapter 2, Part V?
2. On what days of the week did the woman from Kamĩrĩĩthũ visit the author, according to his narrative in Chapter 2, Part I?
3. What word from the text refers to something relating to the theory of knowledge, especially with regard to its methods, validity, and scope?
4. When did Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o begin writing in Gĩkũyũ?
5. When did the author submit The River Between to a writing competition by the East African Literature Bureau?
Short Essay Questions
1. What was the Kamĩrĩĩthhũ Community Education and Culture Centre?
2. What led the author to his choice of language in writing Ngaahika Ndeenda?
3. What are the three aspects of language as means of communication?
4. What does the author describe as the effects of one's written language being separated from one's environmental language?
5. What were Léopold Sédar Senghor's views on language?
6. What role did drama play in pre-colonial Kenyan life?
7. What dramas was the author exposed to during his education?
8. When did Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o cease writing in English? What were his first works in Gĩkũyũ?
9. What literary convention does the author describe in Chapter 1, Part II? Who attended?
10. What role did song and dance have in the original production of Ngaahika Ndeenda?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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?
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 the production process of Ngaahika Ndeenda. How long did the process take from research and script-writing to performance? What were auditions and rehearsals like? How did the play evolve as it was developed?
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