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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 is the author's favorite novel by Joseph Conrad?
2. What cell number did Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o have in prison?
3. The author describes in Chapter 3, Part VII being most impressed with the masterful handling of what in In the Castle of My Skin?
4. Where was the author working as the Chairman of the Literature Department when he was arrested?
5. Who wrote The Interpreters?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does the author describe his prison cell in Chapter 3, Part I?
2. Who is Wole Soyinka and what works has he written?
3. What about George Lamming's work impressed the author?
4. How were copies of Caitaani Mũtharabainĩ distributed in rural Africa?
5. What two factors have adversely affected the African novel and its development?
6. What does the author remark about African poetry in Chapter 4, Part I?
7. What were the three broad categories of literature available to African children described by the author in Chapter 4, Part III?
8. What does the author say about critical reception of literature in Chapter 3, Part IX?
9. What criticisms does the author make of Cry, the Beloved Country?
10. How did the author go about obtaining the basic necessities for writing while in prison?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 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
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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