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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Marriage System and The Gikuyu System of Government.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the girls and their sponsors do in the hut on the day of circumcision?
(a) They dance together.
(b) The girls sit between the legs of their sponsors.
(c) They exchange vows.
(d) They sing a special initiation song.

2. What has become the attitude of modern social science?
(a) "Know thyself."
(b) "Tolerance is all-important."
(c) "Anthropology begins at home."
(d) "Going out into the world is all-important."

3. What do the boy's parents have to collect?
(a) Money for a dowry.
(b) Jewelry and food for a gift to the girl's family.
(c) Sheep and goats for a dowry.
(d) Cattle for a dowry.

4. What is the father of a Gikuyu family called?
(a) Gooyi.
(b) Gikoo.
(c) Baba.
(d) Simba.

5. What is the fourth stage of the marriage arrangements?
(a) Slaughtering the sheep.
(b) Setting a day to sign the marriage contract.
(c) Holding a feast.
(d) Sending gifts to the bride's parents.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year was the big land case brought before the Supreme Court in Nairobi?

2. At what age is the first stage of Gikuyu youth marked?

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

4. Which class helped Mr. Kenyatta become an excellent ethnographer?

5. How do the mother and the nurse educate the very young?

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