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

2. What language did the President of the Kamuzu Academy instruct should occupy a central place in the curriculum?
(a) French.
(b) Latin.
(c) Swahili.
(d) Gĩkũyũ.

3. Who wrote the African novel The Voice?
(a) Gabriel Okara.
(b) Martin Carter.
(c) Alan Paton.
(d) Amos Tutuola.

4. 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?
(a) Segregation.
(b) A cultural bomb.
(c) Educational restructuring.
(d) Communal restructuring.

5. What did Sydney Portier say he had come to associate Africa with as a result of the literature he had read?
(a) Tigers.
(b) Witches.
(c) Snakes.
(d) Lions.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. 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)?

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

4. The author states in Chapter 1, Part V that economic and political control can never be complete or effective without what?

5. The author notes in his Introduction that the study of African realities has been seen for too long in terms of what?

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