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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. Where is the Wolof language primarily used?
(a) Senegal, the Gambia, and Mauritania.
(b) Nigeria, Niger, and Cameroon.
(c) Sudan, Ethiopia, and Somalia.
(d) Algeria, Libya, and Egype.

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

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

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

5. 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?
(a) The River Between.
(b) Caitaani mũtharaba-Inĩ.
(c) A Grain of Wheat.
(d) Weep Not, Child.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does "Maitũ Njugĩra" translate to in English?

3. Who declared in an article in Transition in 1963 that the acceptance of English and French as having no chance of advancing African literature and culture?

4. Where did the capitalist powers of Europe carve up the continent of Africa into different colonies in the late 1800s?

5. When was Caitaani mutharaba-Ini published?

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