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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Economic Life and Industries.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When the Europeans first came to Gikuyuland, how did the Gikuyu regard them?
(a) As lonely wanderers.
(b) As dangerous enemies.
(c) As conquerors.
(d) As interesting foreigners.

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

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

4. What were the Gikuyus made to know by the Europeans?
(a) They should pattern themselves after the Europeans.
(b) Africa has no future.
(c) Might is right.
(d) The black man is inferior.

5. What was the name of Gikuyu's wife?
(a) Malinbi.
(b) Mombooli.
(c) Mikuji.
(d) Moombi.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the Masai regard cultivation of the soil?

2. What is the approximate population of the Gikuyu country?

3. What is the mbari or nyomba?

4. How many partitions are in the male Gikuyu's hut?

5. What quote from William James was in the Introduction to the book?

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