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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. During what years was Gakaara wa Wanjaũ detained in prison?
(a) 1952-1962.
(b) 1955-1962.
(c) 1959-1962.
(d) 1950-1958.

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

3. Who is the author of Imperialism, the Highest Stage of Capitalism?
(a) Alan Paton.
(b) Gakaara wa Wanjaũ.
(c) Frantz Fanon.
(d) Vladimir Lenin.

4. Who is the author of Out of Africa?
(a) Joyce Cary.
(b) Gakaara wa Wanjaũ.
(c) Bob Dixon.
(d) Karen Blixen.

5. Who wrote The Master and Margarita?
(a) Amos Tutuola.
(b) Gabriel Okara.
(c) Mikhail Bulgakov.
(d) Kim Chi Ha.

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

7. What is the competition set to choose at the feast of thieves and robbers in Caitaani mũtharaba-Inĩ?
(a) The two wisest of the thieves and robbers.
(b) The three most effective of the thieves and robbers.
(c) The seven cleverest thieves and robbers.
(d) The two most humble of the thieves and robbers.

8. In what language was Hekaya Za Abunuwasi written?
(a) Hausa.
(b) Ashanti.
(c) Jalaa.
(d) Kiswahili.

9. By what number was Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o called in prison?
(a) K5, 89.
(b) K4, 51.
(c) K3, 99.
(d) K6, 77.

10. Who was the military dictator and President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo/Zaire from 1965 to 1997?
(a) Kim Chi Ha.
(b) Gabriel Okara.
(c) Mobutu Sese Seko.
(d) Amos Tutuola.

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

12. What country's government does the author describe as having a Literature Bureau that would not publish an African noel which had any but religious themes and sociological themes free from politics in Chapter 3, Part IV?
(a) Ethiopia.
(b) Rwanda.
(c) Sudan.
(d) Rhodesia.

13. When was Caitaani Mutharabaini published?
(a) 1985.
(b) 1980.
(c) 1975.
(d) 1982.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the President of the West German Federal Council in 1984?

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

3. What was the literary journal at Makerere University College?

4. Who wrote Cry, the Beloved Country?

5. What is the central backdrop of Caitaani mũtharaba-Inĩ?

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