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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 was Kenyatta's grandfather?
(a) A seer and a magician.
(b) A hunter and a farmer.
(c) A warrior.
(d) An elder.

2. How does a Gikuyu marriage come about?
(a) Men and women choose their own mates.
(b) The Gikuyu men choose their brides.
(c) The marriages are arranged by Gikuyu elders.
(d) The marriages are arranged by the parents.

3. How did the medicine man refer to the railway coming to Africa?
(a) The big noise.
(b) The iron dragon.
(c) The steel caterpillar.
(d) The iron snake.

4. Which animals are the most valuable to the Gikuyus?
(a) Horses and cattle.
(b) Sheep and goats.
(c) Pigs and calves.
(d) Cattle.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a moherega?

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

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

4. How many sheep are slaughtered for the marriage feast?

5. What is the mbari or nyomba?

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