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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. How do the mother and the nurse educate the very young?
(a) Through stories.
(b) Through lullabies.
(c) Through poems.
(d) With toys.

2. What was the short name of the famous medicine man of the Gikuyu who prophesied the coming of Europeans with guns?
(a) Wama.
(b) Luku.
(c) Giku.
(d) Mogo.

3. What musical instruments are used to chase away evil spirits?
(a) Magic sticks.
(b) Drums.
(c) Flutes,.
(d) Horns.

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

5. How many men do Gikuyu women usually marry?
(a) Thirteen and fourteen.
(b) Fifteen and twenty.
(c) Two and three.
(d) Ten and twelve.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who leads the initiates to the homestead?

2. What is the worst thing a Gikuyu man can do to infuriate another?

3. What is the father of a Gikuyu family called?

4. When is a man initiated into the council of peace?

5. How many of the Gikuyu live as squatters on farms on European land?

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