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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 the Europeans first came to Gikuyuland, how did the Gikuyu regard them?
(a) As dangerous enemies.
(b) As interesting foreigners.
(c) As conquerors.
(d) As lonely wanderers.

2. When is the piercing of the child's lobe done?
(a) At twenty years old.
(b) At seventeen years old.
(c) At fifteen years old.
(d) A few years after the piercing of the outer ear.

3. In the prophesy of the Gikuyu medicine man, what was the color of the bodies of the men who were to come out of the big water?
(a) The color of white leopards.
(b) The color of a small light-colored frog living in water.
(c) The color of light-colored fish.
(d) The color of white butterflies.

4. How does one say my or our mother in Gikuyu?
(a) Maba.
(b) Maito.
(c) Moobi.
(d) Mooli.

5. What quote from William James was in the Introduction to the book?
(a) "Progress is a terrible thing."
(b) "Beware of anthropologists."
(c) "Beware of ethnic prejudice."
(d) "Intuition is more important than mere facts,:

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was Kenyatta's grandfather?

3. What is the sign of wealth among the Gikuyu?

4. How do the Masai regard cultivation of the soil?

5. Which two men are responsible for undertaking the new drive in French folklore?

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