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1. What was Ngugi wa Thiong'o's birth name?
2. What was Ngugi wa Thiong'o's first play?
3. Around what political movement is "Weep Not, Child" centered?
4. Who does Njoroge's father confess to killing in "Weep Not, Child"?
5. What two languages have most of Ngugi wa Thiongo's works been written in?
6. Which Ngugi wa Thiong'o novel is based around the killing of three directors of a brewery?
7. The deconstructionist novel "The Wizard of the Crow" is a criticism of which Kenyan ruler?
8. In which non-fiction work does Ngugi wa Thiong'o argue that colonization destroyed native languages and literatures in Africa?
9. In which work does the protagonist, Waiyaki, try to bridge the divide between traditional Gikuyu and those who have converted to Christianity?
10. Which of Ngugi wa Thiong'o's novels follows the life of Mugo through the Kenyan struggle for independence?
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