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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. What does "Caitaani mutharaba-Ini" translate to in English?
(a) A Meeting in the Dark.
(b) I Will Marry When I Want.
(c) Mother Sing for Me.
(d) Devil on the Cross.

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

3. When did Gakaara wa Wanjaũ earn the Noma Award for his secret diary he kept while in political detention?
(a) 1978.
(b) 1991.
(c) 1984.
(d) 1989.

4. When did the Kenya Land and Freedom Army usher in the era of modern guerilla warfare in Africa?
(a) 1952.
(b) 1959.
(c) 1965.
(d) 1956.

5. Who wrote the book African Language Literatures that is referred to in Chapter 1, Part VII?
(a) Albert Gerard.
(b) Birago Diop.
(c) Martin Carter.
(d) Amos Tutuola.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Caitaani mutharaba-Ini published?

2. What does "Ngaahika Ndeenda" translate to in English?

3. Whose perceptions of Africa does the author described in Chapter 1, Part V as "comparable to a land of childhood still enveloped in the dark mantle of the night as far as the development of self-conscious history was concerned" (18)?

4. Where was Janheinz Jahn from?

5. 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)?

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