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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What character in Ngaahika Ndeenda has a long dramatic monologue about the struggle between capital and labor which is described in Chapter 2, Part V?
(a) Kĩgũũnda.
(b) Gĩcaamba.
(c) Kĩmaathi.
(d) Maitũ Njugĩra.

2. What does "Maitũ Njugĩra" translate to in English?
(a) A Meeting in the Dark.
(b) Devil on the Cross.
(c) Mother Sing for Me.
(d) I Will Marry When I Want.

3. Who was the first Kenyan African Drama and Literature officer that oversaw the Schools Drama Festival?
(a) Alan Paton.
(b) Obi Wali.
(c) Wasambo Were.
(d) Léopold Sédar Senghor.

4. The author states in Chapter 1, Part V that economic and political control can never be complete or effective without what?
(a) Environmental control.
(b) Agricultural control.
(c) Mental control.
(d) Physical control.

5. How far is Kamĩrĩĩthũ from Nairobi?
(a) 50 km.
(b) 30 km.
(c) 10 km.
(d) 20 km.

6. In the Kamĩrĩĩthũ rehearsal and production for Ngaahika Ndeenda, the author says perfection was shown to be what?
(a) Innate.
(b) Inherent.
(c) Expected.
(d) A process.

7. In the repeated chorus in the scene from Ngaahika Ndeenda that is presented in the text, the lyrics state that problems can be settled in what?
(a) War.
(b) Jokes.
(c) Love.
(d) Blood.

8. From whom does the author borrow the phrase "empty space" in Chapter 2, Part III (37)?
(a) Peter Brook.
(b) Obi Wali.
(c) Alan Paton.
(d) Ngũgĩ wa Mĩriĩ.

9. 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?
(a) 1896.
(b) 1884.
(c) 1865.
(d) 1859.

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

11. About how many children did Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o's father have?
(a) 22.
(b) 28.
(c) 16.
(d) 13.

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

13. When were Kamĩrĩĩthũ and the other villages around Limuru established?
(a) The 1960s.
(b) The 1970s.
(c) The 1950s.
(d) The 1940s.

14. What does the word "Maitũ" translate to in English?
(a) Bride.
(b) Sister.
(c) Mother.
(d) Father.

15. When was This Time Tomorrow written?
(a) 1972.
(b) 1945.
(c) 1966.
(d) 1959.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Caitaani mutharaba-Ini published?

2. What term from Chapter 1, Part VI refers to a person within a country who acts as an agent for foreign organizations engaged in investment, trade, or economic or political exploitation?

3. Who are the peasant and his wife awaiting the arrival of in the opening of Ngaahika Ndeenda?

4. In Chapter 1, Part I, the author asserts, "The choice of language and the use to which language is put is central to" what (4)?

5. What novel of the author's did he hope to give a transcript of to Chinua Achebe at the writers' conference described in Chapter 1, Part II?

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