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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1 (Parts IV-V): "The Language of African Literature" .

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does the word "axiomatic" mean, as used in Chapter 1, Part I?
(a) Subjugating.
(b) Mean-spirited.
(c) Self-evident.
(d) Arbitrary.

4. When did the author submit The River Between to a writing competition by the East African Literature Bureau?
(a) 1989.
(b) 1961.
(c) 1969.
(d) 1956.

5. What does the author refer to as being the basis of a people's identity in Chapter 1, Part IV?
(a) History.
(b) Economy.
(c) Family.
(d) Values.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Sydney Portier say he had come to associate Africa with as a result of the literature he had read?

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. In Chapter 1, Part IV, the author states that "Language, any language, has a dual character: it is both a means of communication and" what (13)?

4. In his Introduction, the author states that the theme of this book is taken from a poem by what Guyanese poet?

5. What language did the President of the Kamuzu Academy instruct should occupy a central place in the curriculum?

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