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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2 (Part V): "The Language of African Theatre".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Wangeci's monologue from the excerpt of Ngaahika Ndeenda in the text describes the Olengurueni women who were exiled to where?
(a) Aduma.
(b) Eskista.
(c) Nakuru.
(d) Yatta.

2. What word from the text refers to something relating to the theory of knowledge, especially with regard to its methods, validity, and scope?
(a) Orinthogical.
(b) Epistemological.
(c) Linguistical.
(d) Pseudoliteral.

3. From whom does the author borrow the phrase "empty space" in Chapter 2, Part III (37)?
(a) Ngũgĩ wa Mĩriĩ.
(b) Obi Wali.
(c) Alan Paton.
(d) Peter Brook.

4. What family is central in Ngaahika Ndeenda?
(a) The Achebe family.
(b) The Mĩriĩ family.
(c) The Kĩmaathi family.
(d) The Kĩgũũnda family.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Sydney Portier say he had come to associate Africa with as a result of the literature he had read?

2. Where did David Diop get his primary education?

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. What does "Caitaani mutharaba-Ini" translate to in English?

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

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