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I Will Marry When I Want Quiz 1

By Kristen Osborne-Bartucca · Edited by Aaron Suduiko · Last reviewed June 17, 2015

1 What year was the play written?

1977

1980

1989

1990
2 What language was the play initially written?

Gikuyu

Arabic

English

French
3 Where is the play set?

Kenya

Uganda

Nigeria

Rwanda
4 When is the play set?

Late 19th century

Early 19th century

Early 20th century

Late 20th century
5 Who are the Mau Mau?

Religious leaders

Rebel fighters for independence

Peasants

Artists
6 What happened to Ngugi wa Thiong'o after he staged this play?

He was elected Prime Minister

He was killed

He was arrested

He stopped writing completely
7 Which philosopher is most influential to the text?

Foucault

Nietzsche

Bentham

Marx
8 One of the most important themes in the play is

class struggle

friendship

poetry

romantic love
9 How many acts are in the play?

5

3

2

7
10 Who of the main characters first utters the title of the play?

Gathoni

Njooki

Helen

Wangeci
11 Where is most of the action of the play held?

In the forest

In the hut

At the marketplace

In Kioi's house
12 How many acres does Kiguunda have?

2 and a half

3

4

1 and a half
13 What hangs on the wall for most of the play?

A painting

A letter

Flowers

The title-deed
14 Who is Wangeci cruel to?

A pauper

A child

A drunk

A dog
15 Kiguunda gets angry at the

women

singers and dancers

religious people

poor people
16 Kiguunda and Wangeci are frustrated with Gathoni because she is too "_________"

silly

immature

selfish

modern
17 What weapon does Kiguunda possess?

A dagger

A gun

A whip

A sword
18 Wangeci says "a/an ______ hero has no admirers"

poor

godless

aging

arrogant
19 In Act I who are they waiting for?

Ikkua wa Nditika

John and Gathoni

Gicaamba and Njooki

Kioi and Jezebel
20 All describe Wangeci except

Impatient

Bitter

Upbeat

Weary
21 What does Wangeci send Gathoni out to get?

Salt

Water

Meat

Tea
22 Kiguunda complains about

his title-deed

the weather

not having enough money

being too old
23 Who imposed The Emergency?

The Americans

The French

The Kenyans

The British
24 How long has it been since independence?

Less than ten years

Fifty years

Just over ten years

Twenty years
25 What is Kiguunda's job?

A tractor driver

He has none

A factory worker

A laborer for Kioi

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