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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Economic Life and Industries.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the short name of the famous medicine man of the Gikuyu who prophesied the coming of Europeans with guns?
(a) Wama.
(b) Giku.
(c) Mogo.
(d) Luku.

2. Where was the resting place of the Divider of the Universe, the creator of the Gikuyu tribe?
(a) In the jungles of Kenya.
(b) Mt. Kilimanjaro.
(c) Beside Victoria Falls.
(d) Mt. Kenya.

3. During what years did Kenyatta start and edit the first Gikuyu journal?
(a) 1927-1932.
(b) 1925-1928.
(c) 1928-1930.
(d) 1930-1935.

4. What can't a man get without sheep and goats?
(a) Hut.
(b) Status.
(c) Wife.
(d) Land.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What united people in Africa against Western influence, above all against Great Britain and the United States?

2. How did the medicine man refer to the railway coming to Africa?

3. Which animals are the most valuable to the Gikuyus?

4. Where did Kenyatta live when he was learning the methods of warfare?

5. How many sheep or goats equal the value of one cow?

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