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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 Caitaani mũtharaba-Inĩ moves in a matatu taxi from Nairobi to Ilmorog?
2. What did a very cruel prison superintendent warn Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o against writing?
3. 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?
4. What is the central backdrop of Caitaani mũtharaba-Inĩ?
5. When did the author begin attending Makerere University College?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does the author describe the the fairly simple structure of Caitaani Mũtharabainĩ in Chapter 3, Part VI?
2. Who was Bertolt Brecht?
3. What does the author remark about African poetry in Chapter 4, Part I?
4. What is the basic demand in the statement presented by the author, Owuor Anyumba, and Taban Lo Liyong at the University of Nairobi?
5. What is Gakaara Book Service and where is it located?
6. What reasons does the author give for Africans studying Caribbean and Afro-American literature?
7. What does the author mean when he refers to Afro-European literature?
8. When did the great Nairobi Literature Debate begin? How did it begin?
9. How was written language largely developed in Africa?
10. What are the subject and themes in the author's book Homecoming?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Describe the origins and history of drama, ritual, and ceremony in Africa. Where does all drama originate, according to the author? What rituals were performed in pre-colonial Africa? What happened to African drama during colonization?
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
Discuss the author's decision to begin writing his works solely in Gĩkũyũ or Swahili. When did he make this decision? What led him to make this decision? What works has he written in his native tongues?
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