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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. Wangeci's monologue from the excerpt of Ngaahika Ndeenda in the text describes the Olengurueni women who were exiled to where?
(a) Yatta.
(b) Eskista.
(c) Aduma.
(d) Nakuru.

2. With whom did Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o collaborate in the drafting of the playscript for Ngaahika Ndeenda?
(a) Birago Diop.
(b) Amos Tutuola.
(c) Martin Carter.
(d) Ngũgĩ wa Miriĩ.

3. In what book of the author's did he narrate the fate of the production of Maitũ Njugĩra?
(a) Petals of Blood.
(b) Barrel of a Pen.
(c) Homecoming.
(d) Penpoints, Gunpoints, and Dreams.

4. What word from the text refers to something relating to the theory of knowledge, especially with regard to its methods, validity, and scope?
(a) Linguistical.
(b) Epistemological.
(c) Pseudoliteral.
(d) Orinthogical.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. Hausa is the first language of approximately how many people?

2. In the Kamĩrĩĩthũ rehearsal and production for Ngaahika Ndeenda, the author says perfection was shown to be what?

3. The author says in Chapter 1, Part IX, "A writer who tries to communicate the message of revolutionary unity and hope in the languages of the people becomes" what (30)?

4. In Ngaahika Ndeenda, Wangeci's monologue describes the Olengurueni women who were driven from their lands around where?

5. In the repeated chorus in the scene from Ngaahika Ndeenda that is presented in the text, the lyrics state that problems can be settled in what?

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