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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. Who is described in Chapter 4, Part IX as a German visionary how the money taken from the worker and the poor had come to dominate human relations?
2. What does the author describe as the ultimate arbiter of form in Chapter 3, Part VI?
3. What was the author's fourth novel in English?
4. In what language is Caitaani mũtharaba-Inĩ written?
5. Upon what did the author write his novel Caitaani Mutharaba-Ini?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the meaning of the author's metaphor of the blind men and the elephant in Chapter 4, Part I?
2. What does the author remark about Joseph Conrad in regards to narrative perspective?
3. Why does the author find fault in the orthography of Gĩkũyũ?
4. What two factors have adversely affected the African novel and its development?
5. What does the author remark about Faust in Chapter 3, Part VIII?
6. What reasons does the author give for Africans studying Caribbean and Afro-American literature?
7. What does the author remark about Franz Josef Strauss's official visit to the Independent Republic of Togo in Chapter 3, Part VII?
8. Who attended the conference "The Teaching of African Literature in Kenyan Schools"?
9. What is Gakaara Book Service and where is it located?
10. How were copies of Caitaani Mũtharabainĩ distributed in rural Africa?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What impacts have colonization and imperialism had on the language of Kenyans and other Africans? How did colonial schools have a part in these impacts? What were the results of the import of European languages in Africa?
Essay Topic 2
What relationship between the peasantry and the languages of Africa does the author describe in the book? How is the peasant's relationship to his native tongue different than that of the petty-bourgeoisie? How does language change as a result of this relationship?
Essay Topic 3
What was the Berlin Conference of 1884? What world powers attended this conference? What was the goal of the conference? What outcomes came from the conference?
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