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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What was the wall made of that stood at the back of the stage at Kamĩrĩĩthũ?
2. How many wives did Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o's father have?
3. When was Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o arrested as a result of the production of Ngaahika Ndeenda?
4. In the book Facing Mount Kenya, the Ituĩka ceremony is described as lasting how long?
5. Whose perceptions of Africa does the author described in Chapter 1, Part V as "comparable to a land of childhood still enveloped in the dark mantle of the night as far as the development of self-conscious history was concerned" (18)?
Short Essay Questions
1. What led the author to his choice of language in writing Ngaahika Ndeenda?
2. What role did drama play in pre-colonial Kenyan life?
3. What does the author mean when he refers to the domination of the mental universe of the colonized?
4. What literary convention does the author describe in Chapter 1, Part II? Who attended?
5. What was Chinua Achebe's stance on language?
6. What dramas was the author exposed to during his education?
7. Who is David Diop and what was his perspective on language?
8. What does the author ask about writers who continue to write in foreign languages in Chapter 1, Part VIII?
9. Who were the Mau Mau?
10. What are the origins of drama, according to the author in Chapter 2, Part III?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Describe and discuss the author's arrest and detainment in 1977-1978. On what grounds was he detained? Where was he detained? What works did he produce during his detainment?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss how the printing press and the introduction of colleges and universities in Africa stood as opposing forces for African literature. When was the printing press introduced to Africa and by whom? Who controlled the publication of literature? How did colleges and universities stand as obstacles to African novelists?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the author's metaphor of the seven blind men and the elephant. What aspect of literature is demonstrated through this metaphor? What other examples does the author give to make his point? How does this story relate to the concepts of class and philosophical bases?
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