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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. What does the author say the real aim of colonialism was in Chapter 1, Part V?
(a) To control the people's history.
(b) To control the people's community.
(c) To control the people's wealth.
(d) To control the people's beliefs.

2. What does "Caitaani mutharaba-Ini" translate to in English?
(a) I Will Marry When I Want.
(b) Devil on the Cross.
(c) A Meeting in the Dark.
(d) Mother Sing for Me.

3. Who wrote A Room of One's Own?
(a) Gakaara wa Wanjaũ.
(b) Alan Paton.
(c) Virginia Woolf.
(d) Frantz Fanon.

4. What is the Kenya Land and Freedom Army otherwise known as?
(a) The Fante.
(b) The Mau Mau.
(c) The Red Army.
(d) The NCL.

5. When was the Ituĩka ceremony banned in Kenya?
(a) 1925.
(b) 1919.
(c) 1942.
(d) 1944.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was gunpowder invented?

2. When did Professor Micere Mũgo give a speech in Nairobi entitled "Written Literature and Black Images"?

3. What three colors comprise the flag of Kenya?

4. When did the production of Maitũ Njugĩra begin?

5. When was Caitaani Mutharabaini published?

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