View a FREE sample

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 the weapon of the Gikuyu God?
(a) Torrential rains.
(b) Lightning.
(c) The teeth of wild African animals.
(d) Sharp rocks.

2. What do the boys and girls do after the location of the surgery is blessed and ancestral spirits appeased?
(a) They eat a special food.
(b) They dance in a circle.
(c) They kneel and pray to their ancestors.
(d) They go to the same tree.

3. How is the first stage of youth marked in the Gikuyu tribe?
(a) By piercing the navel.
(b) By painting the body.
(c) By piercing the outer ear.
(d) By shaving the head.

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

5. What do Gikuyus do instead of praying to their ancestral spirits?
(a) Give them gitts of respect.
(b) Hold a feast in their honor.
(c) Light a fire on top of Mount Kenya in their honor.
(d) Name their children after them.

Short Answer Questions

1. Between which two countries was the African railway built?

2. What is the worst thing a Gikuyu man can do to infuriate another?

3. What was the short name of the famous medicine man of the Gikuyu who prophesied the coming of Europeans with guns?

4. Where is the Gikuyu God supposed to reside?

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

(see the answer key)

This section contains 251 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample