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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4 (Parts V-IX): "The Quest for Relevance".

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where did David Diop get his primary education?
(a) The Ivory Coast.
(b) Guinea.
(c) Mauritania.
(d) Senegal.

3. When did the Kĩmaathi-led armed struggle begin leading to the British colonial regimes suspending all civil liberties?
(a) 1952.
(b) 1959.
(c) 1955.
(d) 1963.

4. What Guatemalan poet wrote the poem addressed to apolitical intellectuals that is excerpted in Chapter 4, Part VIII?
(a) Otto Rene Castillo.
(b) Gabriel Okara.
(c) Gakaara wa Wanjaũ.
(d) Birago Diop.

5. On what date did the Kenya government ban any further performances of Ngaahika Ndeenda?
(a) October 2, 1977.
(b) November 16, 1977.
(c) September 12, 1976.
(d) March 30, 1977.

Short Answer Questions

1. The author states in Chapter 1, Part V that economic and political control can never be complete or effective without what?

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

3. On what date did Ngaahika Ndeenda open to a paying audience?

4. The author notes in his Introduction that the study of African realities has been seen for too long in terms of what?

5. Who chaired the committee that organized the conference on "The Teaching of African Literature in Kenyan Schools" held at the Nairobi School?

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