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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 language did Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o speak growing up?
2. When was This Time Tomorrow written?
3. Where is the Wolof language primarily used?
4. Who was the first Kenyan African Drama and Literature officer that oversaw the Schools Drama Festival?
5. What term used by the author in the Introduction is defined by him as having the effect of annihilating a people's belief in their names, languages, unity, and ultimately, themselves?
Short Essay Questions
1. What significant event in 1884 determined the fate of the future of Africa?
2. What literary convention does the author describe in Chapter 1, Part II? Who attended?
3. How did the literature of Africa change during the upheaval between imperialism and liberty?
4. Who is David Diop and what was his perspective on language?
5. What role did drama play in pre-colonial Kenyan life?
6. What is the basic plot of Ngaahika Ndeenda?
7. What was Chinua Achebe's stance on language?
8. What are the origins of drama, according to the author in Chapter 2, Part III?
9. How does the author describe the peasant's relationship to language in Chapter 1, Part VII?
10. Describe the theater that was erected at the Kamĩrĩĩthũ Community Education and Cultural Centre. Where was it located?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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?
Essay Topic 2
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 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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