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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. Who leads the initiates to the homestead?
(a) The mother.
(b) Senior warriors.
(c) The medicine man.
(d) The father.

2. Between which two countries was the African railway built?
(a) Kenya-Cairo.
(b) Rwanda-Kenya.
(c) Ethiopia-Uganda.
(d) Uganda-Kenya.

3. What is a moherega?
(a) Gikuyu clan.
(b) Hunter.
(c) Farmer.
(d) Gikuyu of the warrior class.

4. From whom did the Gikuyu buy land when they moved southward?
(a) The pygmies.
(b) The Watusi.
(c) The Masai.
(d) The Ndorobo.

5. What was the short name of the famous medicine man of the Gikuyu who prophesied the coming of Europeans with guns?
(a) Giku.
(b) Mogo.
(c) Wama.
(d) Luku.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did the people living in the forests build their homes?

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

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

4. What does Kenyatta fear about western education?

5. What is the mother's brother called?

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