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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 study of the German people by German scholars called?
(a) Volkskunde.
(b) Studium des deutchen Volkes.
(c) Taegliches Leben des deutschen Volkes.
(d) Deutsche Gechichte.

2. Under what kind of tree did Gikuyu and his family find nine young men to marry Gikuyu's daughters?
(a) Lemon tree.
(b) Fig tree.
(c) Banana tree.
(d) Banyan tree.

3. Where did the people living in the forests build their homes?
(a) Underground.
(b) In the trees.
(c) On the plain.
(d) In ckearings.

4. Where are the author's credentials written in a book?
(a) Dedication.
(b) Bibliography.
(c) Appendix.
(d) Preface.

5. 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 anthropologists."
(d) "Beware of ethnic prejudice."

Short Answer Questions

1. What is riika?

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

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

4. What was the name of Gikuyu's wife?

5. Kenyatta gave evidence before the Morris Carter Kenya Land Commission in London in what year?

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