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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 46- 56.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Ngũgĩ was disappointed in much of the literature he read in school because it used which continent as a reference point?
(a) North America.
(b) Africa.
(c) Europe.
(d) Asia.

2. Who did British soldiers capture on October 21, 1956?
(a) Kimathi Dedo.
(b) Dedan Kamathu.
(c) Jonyo Kenyatta.
(d) Dedan Kimathi.

3. What did Ngũgĩ use as a model for the new debate format at his school?
(a) The classroom.
(b) Congress.
(c) Shakespeare’s sonnets.
(d) Parliament.

4. What Shakespearean play did they perform in Chapter 40 which Ngũgĩ says showed him the magic of theater?
(a) Hamlet.
(b) Henry IV.
(c) A Midsummer’s Night Dream.
(d) King Lear.

5. What author who speaks about religion did Gaitho introduce Ngũgĩ to?
(a) Albert Saltzman.
(b) William Schweitzer.
(c) Billy Graham.
(d) Albert Schweitzer.

Short Answer Questions

1. From whom did Ngũgĩ receive a long letter regarding whether one needed a license to write?

2. What is the name of Ngũgĩ’s new home village?

3. What did Andrew and Ngũgĩ agree would help reduce racial tensions during their conversion in Chapter 46?

4. What did Ngũgĩ’s first challenger as dorm prefect do in the dorm, which was against the rules?

5. The old woman responded to Ngũgĩ by saying, “We are all children of” whom on page 158?

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