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

2. What kind of games do the young Gikuyu play?
(a) Climbing trees.
(b) Hide and Go Seek.
(c) Pretend fighting and house.
(d) Singing songs.

3. What is the school in the Gikuyu nation?
(a) The outdoors.
(b) Mt. Kenya.
(c) The home.
(d) A special hut.

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

5. What is the fourth stage of the marriage arrangements?
(a) Setting a day to sign the marriage contract.
(b) Sending gifts to the bride's parents.
(c) Holding a feast.
(d) Slaughtering the sheep.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many partitions are in the male Gikuyu's hut?

2. What was the name of Kenyatta's aunt who performed the initiation operation on Gikuyu girls?

3. What does the bride do when the husband's relatives come to take her to his hut?

4. What did the government of the Gikuyu become eventually?

5. When is a man initiated into the council of peace?

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