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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With whom did Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o collaborate in the drafting of the playscript for Ngaahika Ndeenda?
(a) Martin Carter.
(b) Ngũgĩ wa Miriĩ.
(c) Amos Tutuola.
(d) Birago Diop.

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

3. The author states in Chapter 2, Part II that drama has origins in human struggles with what?
(a) Nature and others.
(b) Oppressors.
(c) Outsiders.
(d) Itself.

4. What term does the author define in Chapter 1, Part VIII as "literature written by Africans in European languages in the era of imperialism" (27)?
(a) African Exile literature.
(b) European-African literature.
(c) Neo-African literature.
(d) Afro-European literature.

5. When did the production of Maitũ Njugĩra begin?
(a) September, 1976.
(b) March, 1977.
(c) November, 1981.
(d) July, 1982.

Short Answer Questions

1. What performance troupe first performed The Trial of Dedan Kimathi?

2. When does the author describe attending a historic meeting of African writers in Chapter 1, Part II?

3. Hausa is the first language of approximately how many people?

4. What word from the text refers to something relating to the theory of knowledge, especially with regard to its methods, validity, and scope?

5. Where are the owners of the Bata shoe factory based?

Short Essay Questions

1. How are language and communication products of each other?

2. What significant event in 1884 determined the fate of the future of Africa?

3. What dramas was the author exposed to during his education?

4. What was Chinua Achebe's stance on language?

5. In his Introduction, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o states that the study of African realities has been too long seen in terms of tribes. What does he mean by this?

6. What does the author ask about writers who continue to write in foreign languages in Chapter 1, Part VIII?

7. When did Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o cease writing in English? What were his first works in Gĩkũyũ?

8. What are the three aspects of language as culture?

9. What are the two main strands of the petty-bourgeoisie in Africa that the author describes in Chapter 1, Part VI?

10. How does the author describe the significance of land in Kenya?

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