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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. When was Things Fall Apart published?
(a) 1982.
(b) 1959.
(c) 1969.
(d) 1962.

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

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

4. 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) Paris.
(d) Berlin.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the author say the real aim of colonialism was in Chapter 1, Part V?

2. What novel of the author's did he hope to give a transcript of to Chinua Achebe at the writers' conference described in Chapter 1, Part II?

3. When did Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o begin writing in Gĩkũyũ?

4. Who wrote the African novel The Voice?

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

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