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

2. According to the author in Chapter 1, Part I, as an effect of colonization, Africa was defined in the languages of Europe. What three languages does he describe?
(a) English, French, and Spanish.
(b) English, French, and Portuguese.
(c) French, Spanish, and German.
(d) Dutch, French, and Portuguese.

3. What performance troupe first performed The Trial of Dedan Kimathi?
(a) Ghana’s Concert Party theatre.
(b) The Kenya Festac 77 Drama Group.
(c) The Ibadan Drama Group Festac 76.
(d) The Nairobi National Theatre Group.

4. What does the Ituĩka ceremony mark?
(a) The birth of the first son in a family.
(b) The handing over of power from one generation to another.
(c) The marriage of an elder's son to a colonial daughter.
(d) The onset of war.

5. In the book Facing Mount Kenya, the Ituĩka ceremony is described as lasting how long?
(a) Three months.
(b) Six months.
(c) Two weeks.
(d) Two months.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was This Time Tomorrow written?

2. When was The Black Hermit first produced?

3. When was Things Fall Apart published?

4. 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)?

5. Where did David Diop get his primary education?

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