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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. The author notes in his Introduction that the study of African realities has been seen for too long in terms of what?
(a) Tribes.
(b) Illiteracy.
(c) War.
(d) Poverty.

2. What was the name of the journal in the Gĩkũyũ language that Gakaara wa Wanjaũ established after being released from prison?
(a) Kĩgũũnda.
(b) Maitũ Njugĩra.
(c) Gĩkũyũ Na Mũmbi.
(d) Matigari ma Njiruungi.

3. 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?
(a) Alan Paton.
(b) Vladimir Lenin.
(c) Frantz Fanon.
(d) Karl Marx.

4. What was the elitist institution for Africans in colonial Kenya where Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o attended high school?
(a) The Niflheim High School.
(b) The Oxford High School.
(c) The Alliance High School.
(d) The Ndebele High School.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. From whom does the author borrow the phrase "empty space" in Chapter 2, Part III (37)?

2. Where was gunpowder invented?

3. What character in Caitaani mũtharaba-Inĩ moves in a matatu taxi from Nairobi to Ilmorog?

4. Where did David Diop get his primary education?

5. When was The Black Hermit first produced?

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