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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. Who does the author attribute with changing language all the time?
(a) The upper and royal classes.
(b) The petty-bourgeoisie.
(c) The peasantry and working class.
(d) The intellectual elite and educators.

2. Where was Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o detained?
(a) Kĩmaathi Maximum Security Prison.
(b) Ituĩka Maximum Security Prison.
(c) Kamiti Maximum Security Prison.
(d) Kĩgũũnda Maximum Security Prison.

3. What was the first school that Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o attended?
(a) Northern Ndebele.
(b) Luganda.
(c) Kamaandura.
(d) Khoekhoe.

4. Where is Ibadan University located?
(a) Chad.
(b) Kenya.
(c) Nigeria.
(d) Sudan.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Upon what did the author write his novel Caitaani Mutharaba-Ini?

2. Since when does the author state imperialism has affected the lives of even the peasants in the remotest corners of our countries in his Introduction?

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

4. On what days of the week did the woman from Kamĩrĩĩthũ visit the author, according to his narrative in Chapter 2, Part I?

5. During what years was Gakaara wa Wanjaũ detained in prison?

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