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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who are the peasant and his wife awaiting the arrival of in the opening of Ngaahika Ndeenda?
(a) Mĩriĩ and Awli.
(b) Gakaara and Watu.
(c) Obi and Jalaa.
(d) Kĩoi and Jezebel.

2. The author states in Chapter 1, Part IV, "Language as culture is the collective memory bank of a people's" what (15)?
(a) "Suffering and domination."
(b) "Perceptions of outsiders."
(c) "Family and bloodline."
(d) "Experience in history."

3. Who does the author attribute with changing language all the time?
(a) The peasantry and working class.
(b) The intellectual elite and educators.
(c) The petty-bourgeoisie.
(d) The upper and royal classes.

4. When did Professor Micere Mũgo give a speech in Nairobi entitled "Written Literature and Black Images"?
(a) 1969.
(b) 1981.
(c) 1973.
(d) 1975.

5. What did Sydney Portier say he had come to associate Africa with as a result of the literature he had read?
(a) Witches.
(b) Snakes.
(c) Lions.
(d) Tigers.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the Kenya government outlaw Kamĩrĩĩthũ Community Education and Cultural Center and ban all theater activities in the entire area?

2. What term from Chapter 1, Part VI refers to a person within a country who acts as an agent for foreign organizations engaged in investment, trade, or economic or political exploitation?

3. What does the Gĩkũyũ word "ngurukuhĩ" translate to in English?

4. Who founded the Theatre of the Oppressed?

5. What three colors comprise the flag of Kenya?

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