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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. How many wives did Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o's father have?
(a) Five.
(b) Three.
(c) Four.
(d) Two.

2. Where is the Wolof language primarily used?
(a) Algeria, Libya, and Egype.
(b) Nigeria, Niger, and Cameroon.
(c) Senegal, the Gambia, and Mauritania.
(d) Sudan, Ethiopia, and Somalia.

3. When did Gakaara wa Wanjaũ earn the Noma Award for his secret diary he kept while in political detention?
(a) 1978.
(b) 1989.
(c) 1991.
(d) 1984.

4. What does "Ngaahika Ndeenda" translate to in English?
(a) A Meeting in the Dark.
(b) Devil on the Cross.
(c) I Will Marry When I Want.
(d) Mother Sing for Me.

5. Who wrote King Solomon's Mines?
(a) Gabriel Okara.
(b) Martin Carter.
(c) Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel.
(d) Sir H. Rider Haggard.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When does the author describe attending a historic meeting of African writers in Chapter 1, Part II?

3. Who wrote Catching Them Young?

4. About how many children did Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o's father have?

5. Where is the campus of Makerere University College located that the author attended a historic meeting of African writers as described in Chapter 1, Part II?

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