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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. What was the first school that Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o attended?
(a) Northern Ndebele.
(b) Khoekhoe.
(c) Kamaandura.
(d) Luganda.

2. Where did the capitalist powers of Europe carve up the continent of Africa into different colonies in the late 1800s?
(a) Amsterdam.
(b) London.
(c) Berlin.
(d) Paris.

3. What was the play The Black Hermit meant to celebrate?
(a) Kenya's Independence.
(b) Somalia's Independence.
(c) Nigeria's Independence.
(d) Uganda's Independence.

4. Who is the trickster that is featured in Hekaya Za Abunuwasi?
(a) Tutuola.
(b) Gernudisi.
(c) Abunuwasi.
(d) Okara.

5. What was the author's earliest short story, which was published in the literary journal at Makerere University College?
(a) "The Officer."
(b) "The Waving Wheat."
(c) "The Sand Dune."
(d) "The Fig Tree."

Short Answer Questions

1. Makerere University College, Ibadam University College, and the Ghana University College were all overseas colleges under the umbrella of what institution?

2. The author poses the question in Chapter 1, Part VIII, "What is the difference between a politician who says Africa cannot do without imperialism and the writer who says Africa cannot do without" what (26)?

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

4. Where was Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o detained?

5. Who is quoted in Chapter 1, Part V as having said, "... the blacks ... are inferior to the whites on the endowments of both body and mind ..." (18)?

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