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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3 (Parts IV-V): "The Language of African Fiction".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The author states in Chapter 2, Part II that drama has origins in human struggles with what?
(a) Itself.
(b) Outsiders.
(c) Oppressors.
(d) Nature and others.

2. What did Sydney Portier say he had come to associate Africa with as a result of the literature he had read?
(a) Tigers.
(b) Lions.
(c) Snakes.
(d) Witches.

3. When was Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o arrested as a result of the production of Ngaahika Ndeenda?
(a) December 31, 1977.
(b) September 12, 1976.
(c) March 30, 1977.
(d) October 2, 1977.

4. Who founded the Theatre of the Oppressed?
(a) Karl Marx.
(b) Augusto Boal.
(c) Amos Tutuola.
(d) Bob Dixon.

5. What publishing house did Gakaara wa Wanjaũ establish?
(a) Wanjaũ Book Service.
(b) Kĩgũũnda Book Service.
(c) Ituĩka Book Service.
(d) Gakaara Book Service.

Short Answer Questions

1. What term used by the author in the Introduction is defined by him as having the effect of annihilating a people's belief in their names, languages, unity, and ultimately, themselves?

2. In Chapter 1, Part IV the author states that language as communication has three aspects. The first of these is the language of real life, which he attributes to having been coined by whom?

3. When did the Kenya government outlaw Kamĩrĩĩthũ Community Education and Cultural Center and ban all theater activities in the entire area?

4. What does the word "vacillating" mean as used in Chapter 1, Part VI?

5. Who wrote The Wretched of the Earth?

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