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African Novels Trivia Quiz

Here are ten questions on Twentieth Century African novels.

A multiple-choice quiz by pericles34. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
pericles34

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
282,586

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
5 / 10

Plays
534

Last 3 plays: james1947 (10/10), Guest 197 (3/10), Guest 116 (9/10).

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Question 1 of 10

1. Who wrote the 1958 classic "Things Fall Apart"? Hint

Ferdinand Oyono

Ngugi wa Thiong'o

Alan Paton

Chinua Achebe

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Question 2 of 10

2. In "Things Fall Apart," why is Okonkwo exiled from his home village? Hint

His gun explodes and it kills a boy

Burning his neighbor's farm

Becoming too involved with the Christians

Refusing to sacrifice the boy sent from the neighboring clan

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Question 3 of 10

3. Who wrote the 1965 classic "The River Between"? Hint

Ferdinand Oyono

Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o

Mongo Beti

Alan Paton

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Question 4 of 10

4. Who wrote the 1948 novel "Cry, the Beloved Country"? Hint

Alan Paton

Nadine Gordimer

Amma Darko

Sembene Ousmane

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Question 5 of 10

5. In "Cry, the Beloved Country", to what city does Stephen Kumalo travel to find his sister? Hint

Durban

Cape Town

Johannesburg

Pretoria

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Question 6 of 10

6. Who wrote the 1962 novel "Ambiguous Adventure"? Hint

Cheikh Hamidou Kane

Gabriel Okara

Sembene Ousmane

Alan Paton

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Question 7 of 10

7. In "Ambiguous Adventure" which member of the Diallobes determines that Samba Diallo must go to the Western School? Hint

His father, the knight

Most Royal Lady

The chief

The Koranic teacher

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Question 8 of 10

8. Sembene Ousmane wrote which of the following novels? Hint

Wings of Dust

The Origin of Life and Death

God's Bits of Wood

July's People

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Question 9 of 10

9. What event does the novel "God's Bits of Wood" chronicle? Hint

Operation Torch - The British and American landing in Algeria

Riots by African dockworkers in Marseilles

The first Senegalaise national election

Strike on the Dakar-Niger Railroad

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Question 10 of 10

10. Who wrote the 1956 novel "Houseboy"? Hint

Mongo Beti

Ferdinand Oyono

Nadine Gordimer

Amma Darko

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Who wrote the 1958 classic "Things Fall Apart"?

Answer: Chinua Achebe

Achebe was born in 1930 in Nneobi, Nigeria. He is a member of the Igbo tribe. His other well-known works include "Anthills of the Savannah", "Arrow of God", and "A Man of the People".

2. In "Things Fall Apart," why is Okonkwo exiled from his home village?

Answer: His gun explodes and it kills a boy

While the killing was an accident somebody had to pay the price for a death. But because it was only an accident Okonkwo is only exiled from his people for a few years.

3. Who wrote the 1965 classic "The River Between"?

Answer: Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o

Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o was born in Kenya in 1938. Ngũgĩ has refused to write in English anymore. His 2006 novel "The Wizard and the Crow" was written in his native Kikuyu and then translated by the author into English.

4. Who wrote the 1948 novel "Cry, the Beloved Country"?

Answer: Alan Paton

Paton was a South African teacher and Reform school administrator. From the 1940s until the late 1960s Paton was leader of the anti-Apartheid South African Liberal Party.

5. In "Cry, the Beloved Country", to what city does Stephen Kumalo travel to find his sister?

Answer: Johannesburg

It is only once Kumalo is there that he finds out his son has murdered a white man in Johannesburg.

6. Who wrote the 1962 novel "Ambiguous Adventure"?

Answer: Cheikh Hamidou Kane

Cheikh Hamidou Kane was born in 1928 in Senegal. Like Samba Diallo, the hero of "Ambiguous Adventure", he studied at a Koranic School and then later studied philosophy in Paris.

7. In "Ambiguous Adventure" which member of the Diallobes determines that Samba Diallo must go to the Western School?

Answer: Most Royal Lady

The Most Royal Lady made many of the tough decisions since she felt her brother the chief should not be allowed to make decisions that could turn out to be wrong.

8. Sembene Ousmane wrote which of the following novels?

Answer: God's Bits of Wood

Ousmane was born in Senegal in 1923. He served in World War II under the French colonial forces. After the War he moved to Marseilles where he joined the Communist Party and wrote many of his early novels, including "God's Bits of Wood." He went on to be a well-known movie director/producer as well. Ousmane died in 2007.

9. What event does the novel "God's Bits of Wood" chronicle?

Answer: Strike on the Dakar-Niger Railroad

The novel travels up and down the entire line showing how different communities and workers were reacting to the strike.

10. Who wrote the 1956 novel "Houseboy"?

Answer: Ferdinand Oyono

Oyono was born in Cameroon in 1929. After his first two novels, he joined the Foreign Service for Cameroon and has served as Ambassador to Liberia, France and the United States. He has also headed the UNICEF New York Office.

Source: Author pericles34

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