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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. Who invented mathematical science?
2. Where was Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o detained?
3. In what language is Caitaani mũtharaba-Inĩ written?
4. Who does the author refer to as the two most outstanding critical minds that might have made his study of English Literature really meaningful?
5. Who was the President of the West German Federal Council in 1984?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does the author find fault in the orthography of Gĩkũyũ?
2. What does the author remark about Faust in Chapter 3, Part VIII?
3. Who is Wole Soyinka and what works has he written?
4. What criticisms does the author make of Cry, the Beloved Country?
5. How was written language largely developed in Africa?
6. How were copies of Caitaani Mũtharabainĩ distributed in rural Africa?
7. Who was Bertolt Brecht?
8. What are the subject and themes in the author's book Homecoming?
9. What does the author remark about Joseph Conrad in regards to narrative perspective?
10. Who attended the conference "The Teaching of African Literature in Kenyan Schools"?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What was the Berlin Conference of 1884? What world powers attended this conference? What was the goal of the conference? What outcomes came from the conference?
Essay Topic 2
What is referred to by the term mental domination in the context of the book? How is language used in mental domination? Why is mental domination necessary in order to achieve economic and political domination over a people?
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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