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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 63-75.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What Shakespearean play did they perform in Chapter 40 which Ngũgĩ says showed him the magic of theater?
(a) Henry IV.
(b) A Midsummer’s Night Dream.
(c) King Lear.
(d) Hamlet.

2. What did Jonyo Kenyatta call Kenya?
(a) A Land of Conflict.
(b) The Land of Conflicted Souls.
(c) A Soul in Conflict.
(d) The Land of Kenyatta.

3. With what association does Ngũgĩ volunteer after his first volunteer experience?
(a) Youth Hostels of America.
(b) The Kenya Youth Hostel Association.
(c) The Nairobi Youth Hostel Association.
(d) The Mutonguini Hostel Association.

4. What author who speaks about religion did Gaitho introduce Ngũgĩ to?
(a) William Schweitzer.
(b) Albert Saltzman.
(c) Billy Graham.
(d) Albert Schweitzer.

5. What was the 1958 Shakespeare performance at Alliance in Chapter 54?
(a) Henry VI.
(b) King Lear.
(c) Romeo and Juliet.
(d) Midsummer’s Night Dream.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 56, when Carey Francis gave Ngũgĩ his certificate, what did he tell Ngũgĩ not to become?

2. During an English Lesson, Principal Smith guided students on the use of simple words claiming that who spoke simple English?

3. Where does Ngũgĩ say he found refuge at the start of Chapter 43?

4. Who was the “leader” of Ngũgĩ’s three person cabal?

5. For whom did they build a community center when at Camp Mutonguini?

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