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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 is the circumcision of both sexes regarded as in Gikuyu society?
(a) A necessary ordeal.
(b) The unification of the whole tribe.
(c) Something that should be eventually banned.
(d) A time to fight fear.

2. What quote from William James was in the Introduction to the book?
(a) "Beware of ethnic prejudice."
(b) "Progress is a terrible thing."
(c) "Beware of anthropologists."
(d) "Intuition is more important than mere facts,:

3. What is iron beaten into a heap is called?
(a) Lowda.
(b) Kondwa.
(c) Kindwi.
(d) Mondwa.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What can't a man get without sheep and goats?

2. When does a junior warrior become a senior warrior?

3. When does a man become a member of the Court of Elders?

4. What kind of charcoal has a particular value in smelting iron?

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

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