Excerpt 18: Fathers of Nations Sample Excerpts with Answers

He married her on a rainy but approving Saturday, to claps of thunder and flashes of lightning. How marriage then accelerated academic success!
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Fathers of Nations Excerpt 18 Answers 

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Professor Kimani joined the University of Nairobi directly as a senior lecturer. Even before taking off, he was already flying. There was a reason. Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda had just dismantled théir University of East Africa. Kenya's part of the university, now renamed the University of Nairobi, found itself with a vacancy it had to fill immediately in its Institute of Development Studies.

Professor Kimani, who had just completed his studies at the University of Oxford, wrote from there to say he wanted to fill it. To ensure he came and filled it for sure, the University of Nairobi raised his entry point from that of a lecturer to that of a senior lecturer.

He came. Only a month after his arrival, he launched a noisy debate in which he demanded that the University of Nairobi henceforth strive for relevance to the society rather than simply excellence of its work. It was not clear exactly what he meant by relevance to the society rather than simply excellence of its work. It was not clear exactly what he meant by relevance to the society. However, a short six months later, he prevailed. The university's official motto became, 'Relevance to the society'.

After winning this war, he started another war which was even noisier. Now he wanted the university to be an agent of change, not a mere spectator of it. This was when people still thought this view was too radical and ridiculed it as simple- minded. So, not surprising, some of his colleagues, puzzled by his refusal to see that it was simple-minded, did or said little, convinced that he would fall on his face before long and self-destruct on his own without their help.

He did not care. After all, his antics in wars that he had started, and won, had also won him the heart of a campus beauty queen. Her name was Asiya Omondi. He married her on a rainy but approving Saturday, to claps of thunder and flashes of lightning. How marriage then accelerated academic success! A professorship soon followed. After that achievement, he felt fulfilled. His persona now was complete. Had anyone told him this happiness would one day end as it did, he would have laughed himself upside down.

Questions on Fathers of Nations Excerpt 18

a)      After Kimani fills a vacancy in University of Nairobi's Institute of Development Studies, he demands for two changes at the university in quick succession. What are these changes? (2 marks)

b)      Identify and illustrate three characters traits of Kimani brought out in this excerpt. (6marks)

c)      Discuss three themes raised in the excerpt. (6 marks)

d)      (i) To ensure he came and filled it for sure, the University of Nairobi raised his entry point from that of a lecturer to that of a senior lecturer. (Write beginning with the main clause). (1 mark)

ii) His persona now was complete. (1 mark)

e)       Identify one stylistic device used in the excerpt. (4 marks)

f)       Explain the meaning of the following words used in the excerpt. (4 marks)

a)    The writer says, 'Had anyone told him this happiness would one day end as it did, he would have laughed himself upside down." What later happened to Professor Kimani in the text? (2 marks)

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