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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) Farmer.
(b) Gikuyu of the warrior class.
(c) Hunter.
(d) Gikuyu clan.

2. In what year was the big land case brought before the Supreme Court in Nairobi?
(a) 1920.
(b) 1921.
(c) 1922.
(d) 1923.

3. What does Kenyatta fear about western education?
(a) Individualistic teaching.
(b) Religious teaching.
(c) Foreign languages.
(d) Western subjects.

4. What animal is sacrificed to the Gikuyu god?
(a) A cow.
(b) A kid.
(c) A lamb.
(d) A goat.

5. How did the medicine man refer to the railway coming to Africa?
(a) The big noise.
(b) The steel caterpillar.
(c) The iron dragon.
(d) The iron snake.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the mother and the nurse educate the very young?

2. What serves as churches for the Gikuyu?

3. What is the weapon of the Gikuyu God?

4. In what manner is the sacrificial animal killed?

5. When an animal is to be sacrificed to God, where is the ceremony held?

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