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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 were the people who lived in the forests called?
(a) Aathi.
(b) Ndorobo.
(c) Gumba.
(d) Masai.

2. What do the Gikuyu call their grandmother?
(a) Coco.
(b) Baba.
(c) Lolo.
(d) Mamba.

3. What does Kenyatta think the European teacher coming to Africa should do?
(a) Be circumcised.
(b) Share their knowledge of other subjects.
(c) Set up western schools.
(d) Learn the Gikuyu way.

4. Where are the strips of the sacrificial animal buried ?
(a) In crossroads throughout the village.
(b) By the river.
(c) On Mount Kenya.
(d) In the gardens.

5. Why did the Gikuyu men get their wives pregnant all at the same time?
(a) To force a change to a patriarchal society.
(b) To follow an old tribal custom.
(c) To build up the numbers of tribe members.
(d) To prove their virility.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the chief who entered into a treaty with the Europeans and was then deported and died on his way to the coast?

2. In what year did members of the new religion clash with police?

3. What animal is sacrificed to the Gikuyu god?

4. What was the founder of the Gikuyu tribe called?

5. What is done the day before the circumcision operation?

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