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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Tribal Origin and Kinship System and The Gikuyu System of Land Tenure.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How many stages of eldership did Kenyatta pass
(a) Five.
(b) Three.
(c) Two.
(d) Four.

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

4. What was the name of the chief who entered into a treaty with the Europeans and was then deported and died on his way to the coast?
(a) Kaigumbi.
(b) Waiyaki
(c) Kikumboo.
(d) Wukumbi.

5. When the Europeans first came to Gikuyuland, how did the Gikuyu regard them?
(a) As dangerous enemies.
(b) As interesting foreigners.
(c) As conquerors.
(d) As lonely wanderers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Kenyatta's grandfather?

2. What was the name of Gikuyu's wife?

3. To whom does Kenyatta write that he is indebted to concerning technical advice on anthropological points?

4. What does a Gikuyu woman call the parcel of land she is allowed to cultivate?

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

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