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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 is a moherega?
(a) Gikuyu clan.
(b) Farmer.
(c) Gikuyu of the warrior class.
(d) Hunter.

2. What was the name of Kenyatta's aunt who performed the initiation operation on Gikuyu girls?
(a) Luca.
(b) Vinca.
(c) Waco.
(d) Lanca.

3. What is a name of the Gikuyu God?
(a) Bogai.
(b) Ngai.
(c) Lunai.
(d) Baloo.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did the Gikuyu men get their wives pregnant all at the same time?

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

3. What is the value of a bull or ox in terms of sheep or goats.

4. How many men do Gikuyu women usually marry?

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

(see the answer key)

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