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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. The author states in Chapter 2, Part II that drama has origins in human struggles with what?
2. When did Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o begin writing in Gĩkũyũ?
3. The author states in Chapter 1, Part V that economic and political control can never be complete or effective without what?
4. According to the author in Chapter 1, Part I, as an effect of colonization, Africa was defined in the languages of Europe. What three languages does he describe?
5. When was the Ituĩka ceremony banned in Kenya?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the basic plot of Ngaahika Ndeenda?
2. What does the author describe as the effects of one's written language being separated from one's environmental language?
3. What role did song and dance have in the original production of Ngaahika Ndeenda?
4. What are the two main strands of the petty-bourgeoisie in Africa that the author describes in Chapter 1, Part VI?
5. What literary convention does the author describe in Chapter 1, Part II? Who attended?
6. What significant event in 1884 determined the fate of the future of Africa?
7. What are the mutually opposed forces in African realities today, according to the author in his Introduction?
8. How does the author describe the significance of land in Kenya?
9. Describe the Ituĩka ceremony. What was its purpose and how often did it take place?
10. Who were the Mau Mau?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the publication and distribution of Caitaani Mũtharabainĩ. How many copies were originally ordered? How well did they sell and who bought them? How was the novel consumed by a largely illiterate audience?
Essay Topic 2
What impacts have colonization and imperialism had on the language of Kenyans and other Africans? How did colonial schools have a part in these impacts? What were the results of the import of European languages in Africa?
Essay Topic 3
What languages have dominated Africa in the colonial and post-colonial eras? How were these European languages imparted upon the residents of African countries or colonies? In what languages did early African literature of the 19th and 20th centuries emerge?
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