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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. In what language is Caitaani mũtharaba-Inĩ written?
(a) Ashanti.
(b) Hausa.
(c) Swahili.
(d) Gĩkũyũ.
2. Where was the author working as the Chairman of the Literature Department when he was arrested?
(a) Leeds University.
(b) The University of Nairobi.
(c) The University of Makerere.
(d) Oxford University.
3. The author asserts in Chapter 3, Part IX that the reception of a work of art is what?
(a) Part of the work itself.
(b) Not of concern.
(c) Secondary to the work itself.
(d) Important to understanding audience.
4. The author describes in Chapter 3, Part VII being most impressed with the masterful handling of what in In the Castle of My Skin?
(a) Different narrative techniques.
(b) The lyricism of the narrative.
(c) The symbolism and imagery.
(d) The themes developed in the novel.
5. Who wrote In the Castle of My Skin?
(a) Kim Chi Ha.
(b) George Lamming.
(c) Gabriel Okara.
(d) Amos Tutuola.
6. What novel of the author's is comprised of stories within stories in a series of flashbacks?
(a) A Grain of Wheat.
(b) The River Between.
(c) Petals of Blood.
(d) Weep Not, Child.
7. What word from the text means instilled by persistent instruction?
(a) Emulsified.
(b) Corrugated.
(c) Inculcated.
(d) Indoctrinated.
8. Who is the author of Out of Africa?
(a) Joyce Cary.
(b) Bob Dixon.
(c) Gakaara wa Wanjaũ.
(d) Karen Blixen.
9. When was the conference on "The Teaching of African Literature in Kenyan Schools" held at the Nairobi School?
(a) 1977.
(b) 1979.
(c) 1974.
(d) 1982.
10. How many copies of Caitaani mũtharaba-Inĩ did the publishers initially print?
(a) 5,000.
(b) 10,000.
(c) 1,000.
(d) 2,000.
11. Who wrote The Master and Margarita?
(a) Mikhail Bulgakov.
(b) Kim Chi Ha.
(c) Amos Tutuola.
(d) Gabriel Okara.
12. What was the author's earliest short story, which was published in the literary journal at Makerere University College?
(a) "The Sand Dune."
(b) "The Fig Tree."
(c) "The Officer."
(d) "The Waving Wheat."
13. Who chaired the committee that organized the conference on "The Teaching of African Literature in Kenyan Schools" held at the Nairobi School?
(a) Bob Dixon and Gabriel Okara.
(b) Birago Diop and Kim Chi Ha.
(c) Gakaara wa Wanjaũ and Alan Paton.
(d) Eddah Gachukia and S. A. Akivaga.
14. What is the central backdrop of Caitaani mũtharaba-Inĩ?
(a) The relationship bewteen fathers and sons.
(b) The journey.
(c) The fall of the hero.
(d) The act of heroism.
15. Who wrote the novel Mister Johnson?
(a) Bob Dixon.
(b) Nderi wa Riera.
(c) Joyce Cary.
(d) Karen Blixen.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who was the military dictator and President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo/Zaire from 1965 to 1997?
2. Who invented mathematical science?
3. What metaphor does the author present to describe the differences of perception in Chapter 4, Part I?
4. Who is described in Chapter 4, Part IX as a German visionary how the money taken from the worker and the poor had come to dominate human relations?
5. What is the competition set to choose at the feast of thieves and robbers in Caitaani mũtharaba-Inĩ?
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