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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 wives do Gikuyu men usually have?
(a) Around ten.
(b) Around twenty-five.
(c) Around fifteen.
(d) Around sixteen.

2. What food is used to feed women after childbirth?
(a) Tree peas.
(b) Beans.
(c) Rice.
(d) Millet.

3. How does Mr. Kenyatta present the facts?
(a) Objectively without feeling.
(b) With great passion.
(c) With anger.
(d) Sorrowfully.

4. How long is a Gikuyu warrior's spear?
(a) Between 3 and 4 feet.
(b) Four feet long.
(c) Over six feet long.
(d) Between five and six feet.

5. In what year was Kenyatta delegated to present the Gikuyu point of view with regard to land matters to the Secretary of State for the Colonies?
(a) 1924.
(b) 1927.
(c) 1929.
(d) 1925.

Short Answer Questions

1. For what did the Europeans condemn the Gikuyus?

2. As a member of the warrior class, with what other tribe's warfare methods did Kenyatta become acquainted?

3. What did the Gikuyus consider "white man's magic"?

4. When is a Gikuyu man initiated into the religious and sacrificial council?

5. How did the Gikuyus explain the relation of their tribe with the Europeans?

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