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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4 (Parts I-IV): "The Quest for Relevance" .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who are the peasant and his wife awaiting the arrival of in the opening of Ngaahika Ndeenda?
(a) Mĩriĩ and Awli.
(b) Kĩoi and Jezebel.
(c) Gakaara and Watu.
(d) Obi and Jalaa.

2. Where was Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o detained?
(a) Kĩmaathi Maximum Security Prison.
(b) Kamiti Maximum Security Prison.
(c) Kĩgũũnda Maximum Security Prison.
(d) Ituĩka Maximum Security Prison.

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

4. When was This Time Tomorrow written?
(a) 1966.
(b) 1945.
(c) 1972.
(d) 1959.

5. What novel did the author's headmaster at Alliance High School admonish for introducing sex sequences between whites and blacks in South Africa?
(a) Mother Sing for Me.
(b) A Meeting in the Dark.
(c) Too Late the Phalarope.
(d) Devil on the Cross.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the competition set to choose at the feast of thieves and robbers in Caitaani mũtharaba-Inĩ?

2. What term used by the author in the Introduction is defined by him as having the effect of annihilating a people's belief in their names, languages, unity, and ultimately, themselves?

3. What was the author's fourth novel in English?

4. What performance troupe first performed The Trial of Dedan Kimathi?

5. The author states in Chapter 2, Part V that "In the opening line of The Black Hermit the peasant mother is made to speak in a poetic language reminiscent in tone of" whom (43)?

(see the answer key)

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