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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. In what part of Kenya does the country of the Gikuyu lie?
(a) Eastern.
(b) Northern.
(c) Southern.
(d) Central.

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

3. What did the Gikuyus consider "white man's magic"?
(a) Having one wife.
(b) Money.
(c) Reading and writing.
(d) Western medicine.

4. When does a man become a member of the Court of Elders?
(a) When he marries.
(b) After one child is circumcised.
(c) When he owns a house.
(d) After two children are circumcised.

5. Where is the Gikuyu God supposed to reside?
(a) Mt. Kilimanjaro.
(b) Victoria Falls.
(c) Mt. Kenya.
(d) Lake Victoria.

Short Answer Questions

1. Under what kind of tree did Gikuyu and his family find nine young men to marry Gikuyu's daughters?

2. What does a man pay when he is initiated into the religious and sacrificial council?

3. What is the mbari or nyomba?

4. What is the busiest time for the majority of the women?

5. When an animal is to be sacrificed to God, where is the ceremony held?

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