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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. What is the key to the life of the Gikuyu?
(a) Land tenure.
(b) Ceremonies.
(c) Warfare practices.
(d) Magic.

2. What do the Gikuyu call their grandmother?
(a) Coco.
(b) Baba.
(c) Mamba.
(d) Lolo.

3. What does Mr. Kenyatta recognize which is all important?
(a) The danger of his own bias.
(b) His love of the European culture.
(c) His lack of education.
(d) The danger of fame and fortune.

4. To whom does Kenyatta write that he is indebted to concerning technical advice on anthropological points?
(a) Dr. James Woodman.
(b) Dr. Albert Schmidt.
(c) Dr. Raymond Firth.
(d) Dr. William Forth.

5. How many of the Gikuyu live as squatters on farms on European land?
(a) 110,000,
(b) 105,000.
(c) 75,000.
(d) 95,000.

Short Answer Questions

1. What were the people who lived in the forests called?

2. Into how many administrative districts is the Gikuyu territory divided?

3. How many stages of eldership did Kenyatta pass

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

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

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