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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Tribal Origin and Kinship System and The Gikuyu System of Land Tenure.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) 1925.
(c) 1929.
(d) 1927.

2. What were the people who lived in the forests called?
(a) Ndorobo.
(b) Masai.
(c) Aathi.
(d) Gumba.

3. How did the medicine man refer to the railway coming to Africa?
(a) The big noise.
(b) The iron snake.
(c) The iron dragon.
(d) The steel caterpillar.

4. What was the condition that the nine men had to agree to if they wanted to marry Gikuyu's daughters?
(a) To kill a ram as a sacrifice.
(b) To live under a matriarchal system.
(c) To undergo an immediate initiation operation.
(d) To go up to the top of Mt. Kenya and pray.

5. How did the Gikuyu lose most of their lands?
(a) Through selling their land to the Europeans.
(b) Through fighting with the Europeans.
(c) Through deserting their lands and moving southward.
(d) Through their magnanimity.

Short Answer Questions

1. What qualities does Mr. Kenyatta display which are rare among students of social science?

2. The first seeds of the new historical demoralization were planted by ___________.

3. What was the name of the second Royal Commission on land tenure?

4. What position did Kenyatta hold in the Gikuyu Central Association?

5. To whom does Kenyatta write that he is indebted to concerning technical advice on anthropological points?

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