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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Tribal Origin and Kinship System and The Gikuyu System of Land Tenure.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the name of Gikuyu's wife?
(a) Moombi.
(b) Mikuji.
(c) Mombooli.
(d) Malinbi.

2. What is the father of a Gikuyu family called?
(a) Gooyi.
(b) Gikoo.
(c) Baba.
(d) Simba.

3. Which class helped Mr. Kenyatta become an excellent ethnographer?
(a) Economics class in Kenya.
(b) Discussion class in Berlin.
(c) Discussion class in London.
(d) Anthropology class in Paris.

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

5. During what years did the Hilton Young Commission on land tenure take place?
(a) 1930-31.
(b) 1927-28.
(c) 1928-29.
(d) 1931-33.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the Europeans first came to Gikuyuland, how did the Gikuyu regard them?

2. Which animals are the most valuable to the Gikuyus?

3. How did the Gikuyus explain the relation of their tribe with the Europeans?

4. What is the key to the life of the Gikuyu?

5. What was the condition that the nine men had to agree to if they wanted to marry Gikuyu's daughters?

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