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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the school in the Gikuyu nation?
(a) The outdoors.
(b) The home.
(c) A special hut.
(d) Mt. Kenya.

3. When is a man initiated into the council of peace?
(a) When a man marries.
(b) When a man owns his own hut and land.
(c) When a man is 50 years old.
(d) When a man has a child to be circumcised.

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

5. Where is the Gikuyu God supposed to reside?
(a) Mt. Kilimanjaro.
(b) Lake Victoria.
(c) Mt. Kenya.
(d) Victoria Falls.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do the men, women, and children beat the bushes to chase the evil spirits away?

2. When does a junior warrior become a senior warrior?

3. When the boy is accepted in marriage, what do his parents do?

4. When is the piercing of the child's lobe done?

5. What is the Gikuyu word for courtship fondling?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the Gikuyu father teach his son?

2. Where do the Gikuyu worship?

3. What are the three types of Gikuyu spirituality?

4. What must a Gikuyu boy do when he wants to get married?

5. What does a Gikuyu mother teach her children?

6. How many wives does a Gikuyu man usually have? How many husbands does a Gikuyu woman usually have?

7. What is considered the sound of Ngai's movement? What is his weapon?

8. Describe the rise of new religions in Africa.

9. Describe the stages of youth in the Gikuyu society.

10. What happens if rain fails to fall normally?

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