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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 does the bride do when the husband's relatives come to take her to his hut?
(a) She sings to them.
(b) She hugs them.
(c) She gives them flowers.
(d) She pretends to struggle against them.

2. What does a man pay when he is initiated into the religious and sacrificial council?
(a) A goat.
(b) A ewe.
(c) A cow.
(d) A lamb.

3. When the boy is accepted in marriage, what do his parents do?
(a) They thank their ancestors in prayer.
(b) They consult with the medicine man of the tribe.
(c) They visit the parents of the bride to be.
(d) They explain the duties of being a husband to their son.

4. Between which two countries was the African railway built?
(a) Uganda-Kenya.
(b) Ethiopia-Uganda.
(c) Rwanda-Kenya.
(d) Kenya-Cairo.

5. What is the mother's brother called?
(a) Unka.
(b) Loopi.
(c) Oono.
(d) Mama.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the Gikuyu word for courtship fondling?

2. When the man has a hut suitable for his wife what happens?

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

4. As a member of the warrior class, with what other tribe's warfare methods did Kenyatta become acquainted?

5. How many oaths control the court proceedings of the Gikuyu?

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