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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through System of Education, Initiation of Boys and Girls and Sex Life among Yong People.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When does a man become a member of the Court of Elders?
(a) After one child is circumcised.
(b) After two children are circumcised.
(c) When he marries.
(d) When he owns a house.

2. How many stages of eldership did Kenyatta pass
(a) Two.
(b) Five.
(c) Three.
(d) Four.

3. Where was the resting place of the Divider of the Universe, the creator of the Gikuyu tribe?
(a) Mt. Kilimanjaro.
(b) Mt. Kenya.
(c) In the jungles of Kenya.
(d) Beside Victoria Falls.

4. How did the Gikuyu lose most of their lands?
(a) Through their magnanimity.
(b) Through deserting their lands and moving southward.
(c) Through selling their land to the Europeans.
(d) Through fighting with the Europeans.

5. What is the Gkuyu word for witch doctor?
(a) Matwa-mati.
(b) Mojo-mondi.
(c) Mondo-mogo.
(d) Mowo-towo.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of Gikuyu's wife?

2. For what is the man's hut used?

3. In what year was the big land case brought before the Supreme Court in Nairobi?

4. What do the Gikuyu call their grandmother?

5. What is the busiest time for the majority of the women?

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