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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. When did Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o begin writing in Gĩkũyũ?
(a) 1977.
(b) 1982.
(c) 1975.
(d) 1973.

2. Where was the author working as the Chairman of the Literature Department when he was arrested?
(a) The University of Nairobi.
(b) The University of Makerere.
(c) Leeds University.
(d) Oxford University.

3. Who is the author of Imperialism, the Highest Stage of Capitalism?
(a) Alan Paton.
(b) Frantz Fanon.
(c) Gakaara wa Wanjaũ.
(d) Vladimir Lenin.

4. The process of production for Ngaahika Ndeenda, from research, writing, auditions, and rehearsals as well as construction of the theater took how much time?
(a) Nine months.
(b) Six months.
(c) Two years.
(d) Three months.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The author states in Chapter 1, Part IX that "to the comprador-ruling regimes, their real enemy is" what (30)?

2. When did the Kĩmaathi-led armed struggle begin leading to the British colonial regimes suspending all civil liberties?

3. When was the Ituĩka ceremony banned in Kenya?

4. Whose perceptions of Africa does the author described in Chapter 1, Part V as "comparable to a land of childhood still enveloped in the dark mantle of the night as far as the development of self-conscious history was concerned" (18)?

5. 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?

(see the answer key)

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