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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 was the first ruler of the Gikuyu people like?
(a) Tyrannical.
(b) Beloved by the people.
(c) Stupid.
(d) Benevolent.

2. How high should the crops be when weeding is begun?
(a) About 4 or 5 inches.
(b) About 6 inches.
(c) About 2 or 3 inches.
(d) About 7 inches.

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

4. When is a Gikuyu man initiated into the religious and sacrificial council?
(a) When his wife is past child-bearing age.
(b) When two of his daughters marry.
(c) When three of his sons become warriors.
(d) When he becomes an elder.

5. What was the name of the second Royal Commission on land tenure?
(a) Joint Committee on the Closer Union of East Africa.
(b) Royal Committee of Kenya.
(c) British-Gikuyu Royal Commission.
(d) Nairobi Royal Commission.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What united people in Africa against Western influence, above all against Great Britain and the United States?

3. What is the circumcision of both sexes regarded as in Gikuyu society?

4. How does one say my or our mother in Gikuyu?

5. What was the name of Gikuyu's wife?

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