African Literature

1. What is mostly interwoven in African literature?

• Food and Cuisine

• Culture and Tradition

• Technology

• Arts

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2. Africa is widely regarded as __________ because most people know very little about it.

• Dark Continent

• Phoenix of Asia

• Tuna Capital of the World

• Mysterious Continent

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3. All are true about Chants EXCEPT?

• It is mostly repeated

• It is quick and fast

• It is often long

• It is sung in unison

4.Story-tellers in Africa often tell stories using the ___________ technique.

• Direct Reading

• Silent reading

• One-by-one

• Call-and-Response

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5.Africa is the ________ continent in the world.

• largest

• richest

• second largest

•               second richest

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6. ______ is often oral in nature, maybe in prose or poetry.

• African Literature

• African Novels

• African Stories

• none of the above

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7. It is often sung or recited in a singsong voice.

• Epic

• Poetry 

• Novel

• Songs

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8. It is one of the most popular animal tricksters from West African mythology.

• Nancy, the spider

• Anansi, the Spider

• Chinua Achebe

• Arkan, the spider

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9. Also known as myths. They serve to communicate traditions, customs, lessons and morals to the young in preparation of life's obstacles.

• Poetry

• Chants

• Folktales

• Drama

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10. One of the most famous African writes who wrote the novel “Things Fall Apart.”

• Chinua Achebe

• David Diop

• Nadine Gordimer

• Rasaq Malik

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