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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. What was the name of the chief who entered into a treaty with the Europeans and was then deported and died on his way to the coast?
(a) Waiyaki
(b) Wukumbi.
(c) Kikumboo.
(d) Kaigumbi.

2. What does a Gikuyu woman call the parcel of land she is allowed to cultivate?
(a) My garden.
(b) My property.
(c) My earth.
(d) My land.

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

4. The educated, intellectual minority of Africans were dismissed as ___________.
(a) "Dreamers."
(b) "Stupid natives."
(c) "Fools."
(d) "Agitators."

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How long does it take to build a Gikuyu hut?

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

3. How many stages of eldership did Kenyatta pass

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

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

(see the answer key)

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