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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. What does the bride do when the husband's relatives come to take her to his hut?
(a) She sings to them.
(b) She gives them flowers.
(c) She pretends to struggle against them.
(d) She hugs them.

2. What do the Gikuyu call their grandmother?
(a) Mamba.
(b) Lolo.
(c) Baba.
(d) Coco.

3. How long does a well built hut usually last?
(a) One or more years.
(b) Ten or more years.
(c) Seven or more years.
(d) Five or more years.

4. What is the value of a bull or ox in terms of sheep or goats.
(a) Six sheep or goats.
(b) Seven sheep or goats.
(c) Four sheep or goats.
(d) Five sheep or goats.

5. Who plants the seeds in the Gikuyu society?
(a) Medicine men.
(b) All males.
(c) Only the elders.
(d) Women and children.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Kenyatta feel the Gikuyu form of education is better than formal education.

2. What does Kenyatta think the European teacher coming to Africa should do?

3. What were the people who lived in the forests called?

4. Why did the animals run away from the Gikuyu women?

5. What is done the day before the circumcision operation?

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