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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. In what year was Kenyatta delegated to present the Gikuyu point of view with regard to land matters to the Secretary of State for the Colonies?
(a) 1925.
(b) 1929.
(c) 1924.
(d) 1927.

2. What was the first ruler of the Gikuyu people like?
(a) Beloved by the people.
(b) Stupid.
(c) Tyrannical.
(d) Benevolent.

3. What does the father teach his son about plants and roots?
(a) The names and uses.
(b) Which ones have magic power.
(c) Which ones are poisonous.
(d) Nothing.

4. What is the busiest time for the majority of the women?
(a) Hut-building time.
(b) Harvesting-time.
(c) Planting time.
(d) Weeding time.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Kenyatta's grandfather?

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

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

4. What is the Gikuyu name for millet?

5. What is the first stage of Gikuyu courtship?

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