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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Marriage System and The Gikuyu System of Government.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which two men are responsible for undertaking the new drive in French folklore?
(a) Riviere and Varagniac.
(b) Proust and Lamartine.
(c) Baudelaire and Saint Exupery.
(d) Victor Hugo and Balzac.

2. What are the young taught?
(a) History of the tribe and family traditions.
(b) How to bathe themselves.
(c) How to dress themselves.
(d) The Gikuyu language.

3. To whom does Kenyatta write that he is indebted to concerning technical advice on anthropological points?
(a) Dr. William Forth.
(b) Dr. Raymond Firth.
(c) Dr. James Woodman.
(d) Dr. Albert Schmidt.

4. Which animals are the most valuable to the Gikuyus?
(a) Cattle.
(b) Pigs and calves.
(c) Horses and cattle.
(d) Sheep and goats.

5. How do the Gikuyu children gain physical strength?
(a) Exercises.
(b) Climbing trees.
(c) Digging in the garden.
(d) Dances.

Short Answer Questions

1. Under what kind of tree did Gikuyu and his family find nine young men to marry Gikuyu's daughters?

2. How many of the Gikuyu live as squatters on farms on European land?

3. What is the Gkuyu word for witch doctor?

4. What was the short name of the famous medicine man of the Gikuyu who prophesied the coming of Europeans with guns?

5. What kind of games do the young Gikuyu play?

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