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

2. What does Kenyatta think the European teacher coming to Africa should do?
(a) Share their knowledge of other subjects.
(b) Set up western schools.
(c) Learn the Gikuyu way.
(d) Be circumcised.

3. How many oaths control the court proceedings of the Gikuyu?
(a) Two.
(b) Three.
(c) One.
(d) Four.

4. What kind of government did the British introduce when they came?
(a) Autocracy.
(b) Democracy.
(c) Republic.
(d) Dictatorship.

5. What were the people who lived in the forests called?
(a) Aathi.
(b) Masai.
(c) Ndorobo.
(d) Gumba.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the study of the German people by German scholars called?

2. What is the Gkuyu word for witch doctor?

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

4. 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?

5. Under what kind of tree did Gikuyu and his family find nine young men to marry Gikuyu's daughters?

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