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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 does the author describe as the second aspect of language as culture in Chapter 1, Part IV?
(a) Culture as a reflection of history.
(b) An image-forming agent in the mind of a child.
(c) Language in the form of written signs.
(d) Language as a means for production.

2. The author states in Chapter 1, Part IV, "Language as culture is the collective memory bank of a people's" what (15)?
(a) "Experience in history."
(b) "Perceptions of outsiders."
(c) "Family and bloodline."
(d) "Suffering and domination."

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

4. In his Introduction, the author states that the theme of this book is taken from a poem by what Guyanese poet?
(a) Gakaara wa Wanjaũ.
(b) Wole Soyinka.
(c) Alan Paton.
(d) Martin Carter.

5. What language did Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o speak growing up?
(a) Bantu.
(b) Gĩkũyũ.
(c) Ashanti.
(d) Hausa.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the secret diary that Gakaara wa Wanjaũ kept while in political detention?

2. How many wives did Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o's father have?

3. How many years of involvement had Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o spent writing literature in Englis when the author began writing in Gĩkũyũ?

4. When was Things Fall Apart published?

5. Where is the Wolof language primarily used?

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