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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3 (Parts VI-X): "The Language of African Fiction".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What novel of the author's is comprised of stories within stories in a series of flashbacks?
(a) A Grain of Wheat.
(b) Weep Not, Child.
(c) Petals of Blood.
(d) The River Between.

2. What dance is despicted in the scene from Ngaahika Ndeenda that is presented in Chapter 2, Part V?
(a) The Moribayasa dance.
(b) The Aduma dance.
(c) The Mwomboko dance.
(d) The Kpanlogo dance.

3. When was Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o arrested as a result of the production of Ngaahika Ndeenda?
(a) March 30, 1977.
(b) September 12, 1976.
(c) December 31, 1977.
(d) October 2, 1977.

4. What was the name of the journal in the Gĩkũyũ language that Gakaara wa Wanjaũ established after being released from prison?
(a) Kĩgũũnda.
(b) Matigari ma Njiruungi.
(c) Maitũ Njugĩra.
(d) Gĩkũyũ Na Mũmbi.

5. Where was Janheinz Jahn from?
(a) Germany.
(b) The Netherlands.
(c) France.
(d) Greenland.

Short Answer Questions

1. On what date did the Kenya government ban any further performances of Ngaahika Ndeenda?

2. When did Gakaara wa Wanjaũ earn the Noma Award for his secret diary he kept while in political detention?

3. On what date did Ngaahika Ndeenda open to a paying audience?

4. The author poses the question in Chapter 1, Part VIII, "What is the difference between a politician who says Africa cannot do without imperialism and the writer who says Africa cannot do without" what (26)?

5. What word from the text refers to the conventional spelling system of a language?

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