Quiz on African Literature and History

Which continent is known as the world's second largest and second most populated?

• Asia

• Europe

• North America

• Africa

What significant event occurred around 600,000 to 200,000 BCE?

• The establishment of the Islamic presence in Africa

• Humans spread throughout Africa, Asia, and Europe

• The rise of the Roman Empire

• The first written documents were created

What is the Negritude movement known for?

• Promoting European culture

• Creating proverbs and riddles

• Asserting African identity and culture

• Documenting the slave trade

Which of the following is a notable work of African prose?

• The Heliopolis Creation Narrative

• The Memphite Declaration of the Deities

• The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano

• Things Fall Apart

What was the height of the Atlantic Slave Trade referred to as?

• The Black Holocaust

• The Great Migration

• The Age of Enlightenment

• The African Diaspora

Who wrote an autobiography under the pseudonym Gustavus Vassa?

• Olaudah Equiano

• Nadine Gordimer

• Chinua Achebe

• Wole Soyinka

What did the 19th century seek regarding slaves?

• To promote slavery

• To establish new colonies

• To emancipate slaves from foreign colonial powers

• To document slave narratives

Which writer was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1986?

• Ngugi wa Thiong'o

• Nadine Gordimer

• Wole Soyinka

• Naguib Mahfouz

What is the primary focus of African proverbs?

• To describe nature

• To tell historical events

• To contain lessons or advice about life

• To entertain

What is the mood in a story?

• The sequence of events

• The central idea of the story

• The feeling or atmosphere created for the reader

• The characters involved