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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. 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.

2. What are Gikuyu shields made of?
(a) Buffalo hide.
(b) Elephant hide.
(c) Lion hide.
(d) Rhinoceros hide.

3. What is iron beaten into a heap is called?
(a) Lowda.
(b) Kindwi.
(c) Kondwa.
(d) Mondwa.

4. What kind of government did the British introduce when they came?
(a) Dictatorship.
(b) Democracy.
(c) Republic.
(d) Autocracy.

5. How many men do Gikuyu women usually marry?
(a) Thirteen and fourteen.
(b) Two and three.
(c) Fifteen and twenty.
(d) Ten and twelve.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the father of a Gikuyu family called?

2. When a man becomes ill, ________________ are sought.

3. What is the weapon of the Gikuyu God?

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

5. When the Europeans first came to Gikuyuland, how did the Gikuyu regard them?

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