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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Religion and Ancestor Worship and The New Religion in East Africa.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Kenyatta live when he was learning the methods of warfare?
(a) In Nairobi.
(b) Near Mt. Kilimanjaro.
(c) On the Serengeti plain.
(d) Near Ngare Narok.

2. How long does it take to build a Gikuyu hut?
(a) Three days.
(b) Two weeks.
(c) A day.
(d) A week.

3. In the prophesy of the Gikuyu medicine man, what was the color of the bodies of the men who were to come out of the big water?
(a) The color of white leopards.
(b) The color of a small light-colored frog living in water.
(c) The color of light-colored fish.
(d) The color of white butterflies.

4. When the man has a hut suitable for his wife what happens?
(a) He takes her to the hut himself.
(b) He builds the sacred fire in the middle of the hut.
(c) He begins furnishing it.
(d) The bride is taken to his hut by his female relatives.

5. In what year was the big land case brought before the Supreme Court in Nairobi?
(a) 1920.
(b) 1921.
(c) 1922.
(d) 1923.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the boy is accepted in marriage, what do his parents do?

2. What was the short name of the famous medicine man of the Gikuyu who prophesied the coming of Europeans with guns?

3. When a man becomes ill, ________________ are sought.

4. How does a Gikuyu marriage come about?

5. What do the fathers teach their young sons?

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