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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1 (Parts VI-IX): "The Language of African Literature" .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who wrote Catching Them Young?
(a) Sir H. Rider Haggard.
(b) Thomas Jefferson.
(c) Gabriel Okara.
(d) Bob Dixon.

2. What was the elitist institution for Africans in colonial Kenya where Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o attended high school?
(a) The Oxford High School.
(b) The Alliance High School.
(c) The Niflheim High School.
(d) The Ndebele High School.

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

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

5. In Chapter 1, Part IV the author states that language as communication has three aspects. The first of these is the language of real life, which he attributes to having been coined by whom?
(a) Alan Paton.
(b) Karl Marx.
(c) Frantz Fanon.
(d) Vladimir Lenin.

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 was there a declaration of a state of emergency over Kenta that led to all schools being run by the colonial regime?

3. What does the author describe as the second aspect of language as culture in Chapter 1, Part IV?

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

5. For how long was Gakaara wa Wanjaũ imprisoned for his writings in Gĩkũyũ?

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