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African Novels Part Two Trivia Quiz

Part Two of my African Novel quiz. Ten questions about 21st Century African Literature.

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

Author
pericles34

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
307,966

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

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262

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Question 1 of 10

1. In 2003, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie released her first novel; what was it? Hint

The Glass Menagerie

Half of the Yellow Sun

Purple Hibiscus

Things Fall Apart

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Question 2 of 10

2. The first line "Purple Hibiscus" is, "Things started to fall apart at home when my brother, Jaja, did not go to communion and Pap flung his heavy missal across the room and broke the figurines on the etagere." To what novelist is this a subtle homage? Hint

Chinua Achebe

Erskine Caldwell

Francis Beybey

Olaudah Equiano

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Question 3 of 10

3. His 2004 novel "The Wizard of the Crow" was originally written in Gikuyu but translated by the author into English. What is this author's name? Hint

Mwangi wa Mutahi

Alan Paton

Gatua wa Mbugwa

Ngugi wa Thiong'o

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Question 4 of 10

4. The Post-modern "Wizard of the Crow" can be seen as a critique of the Moi regime in Kenya. What is the the name of the imaginary country that is a stand in for Kenya in the novel? Hint

Carbombya

Abruria

Kush

Equatorial Kundu

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Question 5 of 10

5. In what 2006 novel does Lisa Fugard approach the dichotomies of White/Black and Afrikaner/English in Apartheid and post-Apartheid South Africa? Hint

The Bride Price

Skinner's Drift

The Famished Road

Butterfly Burning

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Question 6 of 10

6. In "Skinner's Drift," Fugard also exemplifies the isolation of South Africa from its post-colonial neighbors. To do this she places the van Rensburg farm on the border with which country? Hint

Angola

Botswana

Mozambique

Zimbabwe

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Question 7 of 10

7. The author of the series "The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency," Alexander McCall Smith, was born in what African nation? Hint

Nyasaland (now, Malawi)

South Rhodesia (now, Zimbabwe)

Union of South Africa (now, the Republic of South Africa)

Bechuanaland (now, Botswana)

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Question 8 of 10

8. In what country is "The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency" series set? Hint

Zimbabwe

Botswana

Lesotho

Angola

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Question 9 of 10

9. In 2006 Tsitsi Dangarembga released "The Book of Not." The novel is a sequel to what 1988 work of Dangarembga's? Hint

Weep Not, Child

Things Fall Apart

The End of Days

Nervous Conditions

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Question 10 of 10

10. Chimamanda Adichie's second novel, 2007's "Half of the Yellow Sun," is set during the War of Independence in what short-lived unrecognized state? Hint

Biafra

Katanga

Somaliland

Rwenzururu

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. In 2003, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie released her first novel; what was it?

Answer: Purple Hibiscus

Adichie is a Nigerian of the Igbo people. "Purple Hibiscus" follows 15 year old Kambili as she comes of age in a world bookended by her domineering father and free-spirited aunt.

Answer: Chinua Achebe

Achebe is an Igbo like Adichie. His first great novel is titled: "Things Fall Apart."

3. His 2004 novel "The Wizard of the Crow" was originally written in Gikuyu but translated by the author into English. What is this author's name?

Answer: Ngugi wa Thiong'o

"Murogi was Kagogo" was published in 2004. The English translation, "The Wizard of the Crow" was published in 2006.

4. The Post-modern "Wizard of the Crow" can be seen as a critique of the Moi regime in Kenya. What is the the name of the imaginary country that is a stand in for Kenya in the novel?

Answer: Abruria

The "Wizard of the Crow" follows the lives of several people who are tied to the authoritarian rule of the Leader in post-Cold War Africa.

5. In what 2006 novel does Lisa Fugard approach the dichotomies of White/Black and Afrikaner/English in Apartheid and post-Apartheid South Africa?

Answer: Skinner's Drift

In "Skinner's Drift" the protagonist, Eva van Rensburg, returns to South Africa after being gone for ten years. Looking through her dead mother's diaries, Eva must come to understand the lives of her English mother and Afrikaner father.

6. In "Skinner's Drift," Fugard also exemplifies the isolation of South Africa from its post-colonial neighbors. To do this she places the van Rensburg farm on the border with which country?

Answer: Botswana

The van Rensburg farm is disconcerted when soldiers arrive to put up a fence dividing the border between South Africa and Botswana.

7. The author of the series "The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency," Alexander McCall Smith, was born in what African nation?

Answer: South Rhodesia (now, Zimbabwe)

The first book in the series, "The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency" was written in 1998. It is now a television series produced by the BBC and HBO.

8. In what country is "The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency" series set?

Answer: Botswana

While the first novel is from the 20th Century, as of 2009 Smith has published nine sequels in the 21st.

9. In 2006 Tsitsi Dangarembga released "The Book of Not." The novel is a sequel to what 1988 work of Dangarembga's?

Answer: Nervous Conditions

"Nervous Conditions" won the 1988 Commonwealth Writer's Prize for Africa.

10. Chimamanda Adichie's second novel, 2007's "Half of the Yellow Sun," is set during the War of Independence in what short-lived unrecognized state?

Answer: Biafra

The breakaway Republic of Biafra existed from 1967-1970. The title, "Half of the Yellow Sun," describes the flag of Biafra. It was only recognized by Gabon, Haiti, C�te d'Ivoire, Tanzania and Zambia.

Source: Author pericles34

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