View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o arrested as a result of the production of Ngaahika Ndeenda?
(a) March 30, 1977.
(b) September 12, 1976.
(c) December 31, 1977.
(d) October 2, 1977.

2. When was Things Fall Apart published?
(a) 1959.
(b) 1962.
(c) 1969.
(d) 1982.

3. Where are the owners of the Bata shoe factory based?
(a) The United States.
(b) France.
(c) Canada.
(d) Germany.

4. Where is the campus of Makerere University College located that the author attended a historic meeting of African writers as described in Chapter 1, Part II?
(a) Kampala, Uganda.
(b) London, England.
(c) Cairo, Egypt.
(d) Nairobi, Kenya.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The author states in Chapter 2, Part V that "In the opening line of The Black Hermit the peasant mother is made to speak in a poetic language reminiscent in tone of" whom (43)?

2. What does the word "Maitũ" translate to in English?

3. For how long was Gakaara wa Wanjaũ imprisoned for his writings in Gĩkũyũ?

4. In Chapter 1, Part IV the author states that language as communication has three aspects. The first of these is the language of real life, which he attributes to having been coined by whom?

5. Who wrote Facing Mount Kenya?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the Ituĩka ceremony. What was its purpose and how often did it take place?

2. What role did drama play in pre-colonial Kenyan life?

3. What does the author describe as the effects of one's written language being separated from one's environmental language?

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

5. Describe the theater that was erected at the Kamĩrĩĩthũ Community Education and Cultural Centre. Where was it located?

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

7. What were Léopold Sédar Senghor's views on language?

8. What does the author mean when he refers to the domination of the mental universe of the colonized?

9. How does the author describe the peasant's relationship to language in Chapter 1, Part VII?

10. What was the Kamĩrĩĩthhũ Community Education and Culture Centre?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 781 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample