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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. What is the first thing the Gikuyu do when they decide evil spirits have brought illness?
(a) Choose a night to fight the evil spirits.
(b) Pray to their god.
(c) Ask the medicine man for a spell.
(d) Make a sacrifice to their god.

2. What was the founder of the Gikuyu tribe called?
(a) Mombassa.
(b) Moombi.
(c) Mowgli.
(d) Mogai.

3. What did the Gikuyus consider "white man's magic"?
(a) Money.
(b) Western medicine.
(c) Reading and writing.
(d) Having one wife.

4. How did the medicine man refer to the railway coming to Africa?
(a) The iron snake.
(b) The iron dragon.
(c) The big noise.
(d) The steel caterpillar.

5. How does one say my or our mother in Gikuyu?
(a) Maba.
(b) Maito.
(c) Mooli.
(d) Moobi.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the prophesy of the Gikuyu medicine man, what was the color of the bodies of the men who were to come out of the big water?

2. To whom did Kenyatta act as interpreter to in his big land case?

3. What does Kenyatta fear about western education?

4. What do the girls and their sponsors do in the hut on the day of circumcision?

5. For what did the Europeans condemn the Gikuyus?

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