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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Religion and Ancestor Worship and The New Religion in East Africa.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Under what kind of tree did Gikuyu and his family find nine young men to marry Gikuyu's daughters?
(a) Lemon tree.
(b) Fig tree.
(c) Banyan tree.
(d) Banana tree.

2. Between which two countries was the African railway built?
(a) Kenya-Cairo.
(b) Ethiopia-Uganda.
(c) Uganda-Kenya.
(d) Rwanda-Kenya.

3. When does a man become a member of the Court of Elders?
(a) When he marries.
(b) After one child is circumcised.
(c) After two children are circumcised.
(d) When he owns a house.

4. What were the people who lived in the forests called?
(a) Ndorobo.
(b) Masai.
(c) Aathi.
(d) Gumba.

5. Where do the men, women, and children beat the bushes to chase the evil spirits away?
(a) At the river.
(b) Toward the center of the village.
(c) Toward Mount Kenya.
(d) In the jungle.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who leads the initiates to the homestead?

2. At what age is a Gikuyu child circumcised?

3. In what year was the big land case brought before the Supreme Court in Nairobi?

4. What does Kenyatta think the European teacher coming to Africa should do?

5. What is a moherega?

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