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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With whom did Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o collaborate in the drafting of the playscript for Ngaahika Ndeenda?
(a) Ngũgĩ wa Miriĩ.
(b) Birago Diop.
(c) Amos Tutuola.
(d) Martin Carter.

2. The author states in Chapter 1, Part IV, "Language as culture is the collective memory bank of a people's" what (15)?
(a) "Suffering and domination."
(b) "Perceptions of outsiders."
(c) "Experience in history."
(d) "Family and bloodline."

3. Where are the owners of the Bata shoe factory based?
(a) France.
(b) Canada.
(c) Germany.
(d) The United States.

4. Who was the military dictator and President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo/Zaire from 1965 to 1997?
(a) Kim Chi Ha.
(b) Amos Tutuola.
(c) Gabriel Okara.
(d) Mobutu Sese Seko.

5. The author states in Chapter 1, Part IX that "to the comprador-ruling regimes, their real enemy is" what (30)?
(a) "A democracy for and of the people."
(b) "An awakened peasantry and working class."
(c) "Themselves."
(d) "A socialist unity derived from commonality of purpose."

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who wrote Betrayal in the City?

3. What does the Gĩkũyũ word "ngurukuhĩ" translate to in English?

4. When was the Bata shoe factory established?

5. The author states in Chapter 2, Part II that drama has origins in human struggles with what?

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