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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. How many sheep are slaughtered for the marriage feast?
(a) Seven.
(b) Five.
(c) Six.
(d) Four.

2. What is the weapon of the Gikuyu God?
(a) The teeth of wild African animals.
(b) Lightning.
(c) Torrential rains.
(d) Sharp rocks.

3. What is the busiest time for the majority of the women?
(a) Weeding time.
(b) Planting time.
(c) Harvesting-time.
(d) Hut-building time.

4. What is done to the girl's body prior to surgery?
(a) It is massaged and adorned with beads.
(b) It is blessed by the medicine man.
(c) It is painted with sacred colors.
(d) It is washed in the mother's hut.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the Gikuyu people finally kill the evil spirits?

2. How many men do Gikuyu women usually marry?

3. How many sheep or goats equal the value of one cow?

4. Where was the resting place of the Divider of the Universe, the creator of the Gikuyu tribe?

5. What was the name of the first governmental group?

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