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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 wrote The Pilgrim's Progress?
2. Who is the author of Imperialism, the Highest Stage of Capitalism?
3. What author's characters were identified by a Kenyan student within his village, leading to the belief that English literature was indeed relatable to Africans?
4. Who chaired the committee that organized the conference on "The Teaching of African Literature in Kenyan Schools" held at the Nairobi School?
5. Along with what other two lecturers did the author present a rejection of the primacy of English literature and cultures at Nairobi University?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does the author remark about African poetry in Chapter 4, Part I?
2. Who attended the conference "The Teaching of African Literature in Kenyan Schools"?
3. What does the author mean when he refers to a person's philosophic base of relevance?
4. How were copies of Caitaani Mũtharabainĩ distributed in rural Africa?
5. What does the author remark about Joseph Conrad in regards to narrative perspective?
6. What does the author remark about Faust in Chapter 3, Part VIII?
7. How did the author go about obtaining the basic necessities for writing while in prison?
8. What does the author say about critical reception of literature in Chapter 3, Part IX?
9. How does the author describe the the fairly simple structure of Caitaani Mũtharabainĩ in Chapter 3, Part VI?
10. What does the author mean when he refers to Afro-European literature?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What is referred to by the term mental domination in the context of the book? How is language used in mental domination? Why is mental domination necessary in order to achieve economic and political domination over a people?
Essay Topic 2
Describe Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o's education and career. Where did he grow up? Where did he study? What were his major subjects of study? What books has he written?
Essay Topic 3
What languages have dominated Africa in the colonial and post-colonial eras? How were these European languages imparted upon the residents of African countries or colonies? In what languages did early African literature of the 19th and 20th centuries emerge?
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