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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of Kenyatta's aunt who performed the initiation operation on Gikuyu girls?

2. How long does a well built hut usually last?

3. What position did Kenyatta hold in the Gikuyu Central Association?

4. During what years did the Hilton Young Commission on land tenure take place?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What are sheep and goats used for in Gikuyu society?

2. What work do the Gikuyu women do?

3. What happens when the father, the owner of the land, dies?

4. What do the Gikuyu do for a living?

5. Why does Malinkowski write that we can't criticize Kenyatta for belief in magic?

6. How does the Gikuyu society change from a matriarchal to a patriarchal society?

7. What is the origin of the Gikuyu's use of iron?

8. What work do the Gikuyu men do?

9. What enabled Kenyatta to write an ethnography of the Gikuyu tribe?

10. How are the children in the Gikuyu tribe viewed?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choose two of the following essay topics.

1) In the "Conclusion" what does Kenyatta reiterate is so important about the Gikuyu culture.

2) Why does Kenyatta feel learning in the family environment is healthy?

3) Explain how reading "Facing Mount Kenya - Tribal Life of the Gikuyu" changed or didn't change your opinion of Africans. Do you now admire the Gikuyus ? Why? Why not?

Essay Topic 2

Choose two of the following essay topics.

1) How does Kenyatta defend the clitoridectomy of Gikuyu girls?

2) Describe the initiation of a Gikuyu girl. What is done to her the day before the the surgery? Describe all the steps in initiation. What privileges does she have after surgery?

3) Describe the initiation of a Gikuyu boy. What privileges does he have after he is circumcised?

Essay Topic 3

Choose two of the following essay topics.

1) How did the making of iron come about in the Gikuyu tribe?

2) Describe how the Gikuyu make iron.

3) What do the Gikuyus make out of iron?

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