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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 author describe as the second aspect of language as culture in Chapter 1, Part IV?
2. Who wrote Betrayal in the City?
3. In the repeated chorus in the scene from Ngaahika Ndeenda that is presented in the text, the lyrics state that problems can be settled in what?
4. Who declared in an article in Transition in 1963 that the acceptance of English and French as having no chance of advancing African literature and culture?
5. Where was Janheinz Jahn from?
Short Essay Questions
1. What are the three aspects of language as means of communication?
2. What literary convention does the author describe in Chapter 1, Part II? Who attended?
3. What does the author describe as the effects of one's written language being separated from one's environmental language?
4. What does the author ask about writers who continue to write in foreign languages in Chapter 1, Part VIII?
5. Who were the Mau Mau?
6. How does the author describe the peasant's relationship to language in Chapter 1, Part VII?
7. 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?
8. What significant event in 1884 determined the fate of the future of Africa?
9. How does the author describe Kamĩrĩĩthũ? Where is it located? How many people live there?
10. What are the two main strands of the petty-bourgeoisie in Africa that the author describes in Chapter 1, Part VI?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the author's metaphor of the seven blind men and the elephant. What aspect of literature is demonstrated through this metaphor? What other examples does the author give to make his point? How does this story relate to the concepts of class and philosophical bases?
Essay Topic 2
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 3
Describe the basic plot and themes in Caitaani Mũtharabainĩ. Who are the main characters in the novel? What subjects does the novel explore? Why did the author choose to write this novel in his native tongue?
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