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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 did a very cruel prison superintendent warn Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o against writing?

2. Who was the President of the West German Federal Council in 1984?

3. Who invented mathematical science?

4. What is the central backdrop of Caitaani mũtharaba-Inĩ?

5. What was the name of the journal in the Gĩkũyũ language that Gakaara wa Wanjaũ established after being released from prison?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the author remark about Faust in Chapter 3, Part VIII?

2. What criticisms does the author make of Cry, the Beloved Country?

3. What does the author mean when he refers to a person's philosophic base of relevance?

4. How did the author go about obtaining the basic necessities for writing while in prison?

5. What is the basic demand in the statement presented by the author, Owuor Anyumba, and Taban Lo Liyong at the University of Nairobi?

6. What are the subject and themes in the author's book Homecoming?

7. What does the author say about critical reception of literature in Chapter 3, Part IX?

8. What two factors have adversely affected the African novel and its development?

9. What does the author remark about African poetry in Chapter 4, Part I?

10. How were copies of Caitaani Mũtharabainĩ distributed in rural Africa?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the production process of Ngaahika Ndeenda. How long did the process take from research and script-writing to performance? What were auditions and rehearsals like? How did the play evolve as it was developed?

Essay Topic 2

Describe Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o's education and career. Where did he grow up? Where did he study? What were his major subjects of study? What books has he written?

Essay Topic 3

Who were Léopold Sédar Senghor and Chinua Achebe? In what languages did they each write? What works did they publish? What criticisms does the author observe of these authors?

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