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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What character in Caitaani mũtharaba-Inĩ moves in a matatu taxi from Nairobi to Ilmorog?
(a) Nyakinyua.
(b) Warĩĩnga.
(c) Munira.
(d) Abdulla.

2. What does the author describe as the ultimate arbiter of form in Chapter 3, Part VI?
(a) Symbolism.
(b) Language.
(c) Theme.
(d) Content.

3. Who chaired the committee that organized the conference on "The Teaching of African Literature in Kenyan Schools" held at the Nairobi School?
(a) Gakaara wa Wanjaũ and Alan Paton.
(b) Bob Dixon and Gabriel Okara.
(c) Eddah Gachukia and S. A. Akivaga.
(d) Birago Diop and Kim Chi Ha.

4. Who is the protagonist in Cry, the Beloved Country?
(a) Stephen Kumalo.
(b) Nderi wa Riera.
(c) Wanja.
(d) Nyakinyua.

5. Makerere University College, Ibadam University College, and the Ghana University College were all overseas colleges under the umbrella of what institution?
(a) Oxford University.
(b) The King's College.
(c) The University of Leeds.
(d) The University of London.

6. What was the literary journal at Makerere University College?
(a) Horn.
(b) Linguistics.
(c) Penpoint.
(d) Kĩgũũnda.

7. How many copies of Caitaani mũtharaba-Inĩ did the publishers initially print?
(a) 1,000.
(b) 5,000.
(c) 10,000.
(d) 2,000.

8. Who wrote the novel Mister Johnson?
(a) Nderi wa Riera.
(b) Bob Dixon.
(c) Joyce Cary.
(d) Karen Blixen.

9. In what language is Caitaani mũtharaba-Inĩ written?
(a) Gĩkũyũ.
(b) Hausa.
(c) Ashanti.
(d) Swahili.

10. What novel did the author's headmaster at Alliance High School admonish for introducing sex sequences between whites and blacks in South Africa?
(a) Devil on the Cross.
(b) Too Late the Phalarope.
(c) A Meeting in the Dark.
(d) Mother Sing for Me.

11. Who wrote the poem "Speech to Danish Working Class Actors on the Art of Observation"?
(a) Gakaara wa Wanjaũ.
(b) Bertolt Brecht.
(c) Martin Carter.
(d) Frantz Fanon.

12. Who was the President of Toto from 1967 until 2005?
(a) Gabriel Okara.
(b) Kim Chi Ha.
(c) Amos Tutuola.
(d) Gnassingbé Eyadéma.

13. What is the author's favorite novel by Joseph Conrad?
(a) Lord Jim.
(b) Nostromo.
(c) The Secret Agent.
(d) Heart of Darkness.

14. What was the author's fourth novel in English?
(a) A Grain of Wheat.
(b) Weep Not, Child.
(c) The River Between.
(d) Petals of Blood.

15. What is the central backdrop of Caitaani mũtharaba-Inĩ?
(a) The relationship bewteen fathers and sons.
(b) The act of heroism.
(c) The fall of the hero.
(d) The journey.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the journal in the Gĩkũyũ language that Gakaara wa Wanjaũ established after being released from prison?

2. In what language was Hekaya Za Abunuwasi written?

3. The development of the treatise on the teaching of African literature in Kenyan schools stated that the teaching of non-African literature in schools should aim to introduce the student to what?

4. Where was gunpowder invented?

5. In what language did Fumo Liyongo write?

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