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

2. How many oaths control the court proceedings of the Gikuyu?
(a) One.
(b) Four.
(c) Three.
(d) Two.

3. What is the approximate population of the Gikuyu country?
(a) A half a million.
(b) One and a half million.
(c) Two million.
(d) One million.

4. Into how many administrative districts is the Gikuyu territory divided?
(a) Five.
(b) Three.
(c) Six.
(d) Four.

5. What is the circumcision of both sexes regarded as in Gikuyu society?
(a) Something that should be eventually banned.
(b) A necessary ordeal.
(c) The unification of the whole tribe.
(d) A time to fight fear.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the boy's parents have to collect?

2. How many men do Gikuyu women usually marry?

3. What do Gikuyus do instead of praying to their ancestral spirits?

4. Where was the resting place of the Divider of the Universe, the creator of the Gikuyu tribe?

5. What food is used to feed women after childbirth?

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