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

2. How many years of involvement had Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o spent writing literature in Englis when the author began writing in Gĩkũyũ?
(a) 17.
(b) 31.
(c) 13.
(d) 22.

3. 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.

4. What does the author refer to as the result of the broken harmony between the three aspects of language as communication for the colonial child?
(a) Colonial aberration.
(b) Colonial affectation.
(c) Colonial alienation.
(d) Colonial distinction.

5. The author notes in his Introduction that the study of African realities has been seen for too long in terms of what?
(a) Illiteracy.
(b) Poverty.
(c) Tribes.
(d) War.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote The Palm-wine Drunkard?

2. What statement largely sums up the author's central theme in Chapter 1, Part IV?

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

4. What does the author refer to as being the basis of a people's identity in Chapter 1, Part IV?

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

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