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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. The first seeds of the new historical demoralization were planted by ___________.
(a) Fascism.
(b) Nazism.
(c) Fraudulent Allied policies.
(d) Communism.

2. How many women are Gikuyu men allowed to marry?
(a) Thirty.
(b) As many as they can support.
(c) Twenty.
(d) Twenty-five.

3. What do the boy's parents have to collect?
(a) Cattle for a dowry.
(b) Jewelry and food for a gift to the girl's family.
(c) Sheep and goats for a dowry.
(d) Money for a dowry.

4. What can't a man get without sheep and goats?
(a) Hut.
(b) Land.
(c) Wife.
(d) Status.

5. Between which two countries was the African railway built?
(a) Rwanda-Kenya.
(b) Kenya-Cairo.
(c) Ethiopia-Uganda.
(d) Uganda-Kenya.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what or whom does an elder recite a prayer at the planting ceremony?

2. What is the Gikuyu name for millet?

3. At what age is a Gikuyu child circumcised?

4. What were the Gikuyus made to know by the Europeans?

5. How does a Gikuyu marriage come about?

(see the answer key)

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