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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 educated, intellectual minority of Africans were dismissed as ___________.
(a) "Agitators."
(b) "Stupid natives."
(c) "Dreamers."
(d) "Fools."

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

3. What is the Gikuyu word for courtship fondling?
(a) Nogwinka.
(b) Thingira.
(c) Gnwinko.
(d) Ngweko.

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

5. When does a junior warrior become a senior warrior?
(a) After he make his own weapons.
(b) Twelve rain seasons after his weapons are blessed.
(c) After he takes part in a battle.
(d) After he marries more than five women.

Short Answer Questions

1. What serves as churches for the Gikuyu?

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

3. What is the first stage of Gikuyu courtship?

4. In what year did members of the new religion clash with police?

5. What does the boy do when he is accepted by the girl for marriage?

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