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

2. As a member of the warrior class, with what other tribe's warfare methods did Kenyatta become acquainted?
(a) The Mau Mau.
(b) The Tigoni.
(c) The Mogani.
(d) The Masai.

3. In what part of Kenya does the country of the Gikuyu lie?
(a) Central.
(b) Northern.
(c) Southern.
(d) Eastern.

4. What is the mbari or nyomba?
(a) Hut of a male Gikuyu.
(b) Hut of a female Gikuyu.
(c) Family group.
(d) Witch doctor.

5. What is riika?
(a) Initiation of a girl.
(b) Initiation of a boy.
(c) Age-grading among the Gikuyu.
(d) Group of Gikuyu elders.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the study of the German people by German scholars called?

2. To whom does Kenyatta write that he is indebted to concerning technical advice on anthropological points?

3. What was the name of the chief who entered into a treaty with the Europeans and was then deported and died on his way to the coast?

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

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

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