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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 are the stomach contents of the sacrificial animal mixed with during the harvesting ceremony?
(a) Sap of a tree and the bark.
(b) Spices.
(c) Ground up fish.
(d) Fruit and nuts.

2. When a man becomes ill, ________________ are sought.
(a) Gikuyu gods.
(b) Elders.
(c) Medicine men.
(d) Seers.

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

4. What is the sound of the Gikuyu's God's movement?
(a) Rustling trees.
(b) Thunder,.
(c) Mighty wind.
(d) Rushing river water.

5. How did the Gikuyus explain the relation of their tribe with the Europeans?
(a) With the story of a fox and a man.
(b) With a story about a lion with a man.
(c) With a story about an elephant and a man.
(d) With a story about a Rhinoceros and a man.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What do Gikuyus do instead of praying to their ancestral spirits?

3. What is the circumcision of both sexes regarded as in Gikuyu society?

4. Where is the Gikuyu God supposed to reside?

5. Where was the resting place of the Divider of the Universe, the creator of the Gikuyu tribe?

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