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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Introduction and Preface.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What quote from William James was in the Introduction to the book?
(a) "Progress is a terrible thing."
(b) "Intuition is more important than mere facts,:
(c) "Beware of ethnic prejudice."
(d) "Beware of anthropologists."

3. The first seeds of the new historical demoralization were planted by ___________.
(a) Fascism.
(b) Communism.
(c) Fraudulent Allied policies.
(d) Nazism.

4. Kenyatta gave evidence before the Morris Carter Kenya Land Commission in London in what year?
(a) 1931.
(b) 1934.
(c) 1932.
(d) 1933.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many stages of eldership did Kenyatta pass

2. Which animals are the most valuable to the Gikuyus?

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

4. During what years did the Hilton Young Commission on land tenure take place?

5. What was the name of Kenyatta's aunt who performed the initiation operation on Gikuyu girls?

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