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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. To what or whom does an elder recite a prayer at the planting ceremony?
(a) Mountain.
(b) Future harvest.
(c) Rain dancers.
(d) Gikuyu God.

2. What was the condition that the nine men had to agree to if they wanted to marry Gikuyu's daughters?
(a) To go up to the top of Mt. Kenya and pray.
(b) To undergo an immediate initiation operation.
(c) To kill a ram as a sacrifice.
(d) To live under a matriarchal system.

3. 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?
(a) Waiyaki
(b) Kikumboo.
(c) Wukumbi.
(d) Kaigumbi.

4. How do the mother and the nurse educate the very young?
(a) With toys.
(b) Through stories.
(c) Through lullabies.
(d) Through poems.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. How is the first stage of youth marked in the Gikuyu tribe?

4. How do the Gikuyu people finally kill the evil spirits?

5. How many types of spirituality are there among the Gikuyus?

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