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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. In Chapter 1, Part I, the author asserts, "The choice of language and the use to which language is put is central to" what (4)?
(a) "A people's relationship to others."
(b) "A people's disenfranchisement."
(c) "A people's notions about literature."
(d) "A people's definition of themselves."

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)?
(a) Thomas Jefferson.
(b) Gabriel Okara.
(c) Sir H. Rider Haggard.
(d) Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel.

3. Who wrote Catching Them Young?
(a) Gabriel Okara.
(b) Bob Dixon.
(c) Sir H. Rider Haggard.
(d) Thomas Jefferson.

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

5. What does the author say the real aim of colonialism was in Chapter 1, Part V?
(a) To control the people's history.
(b) To control the people's community.
(c) To control the people's beliefs.
(d) To control the people's wealth.

Short Answer Questions

1. The author states in Chapter 1, Part IX that "to the comprador-ruling regimes, their real enemy is" what (30)?

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

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

5. What does the word "axiomatic" mean, as used in Chapter 1, Part I?

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