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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What qualities does Mr. Kenyatta display which are rare among students of social science?
(a) Bravery and diligence.
(b) Outspokenness and honesty.
(c) Curiosity and persistence.
(d) Intelligence and humility.

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

3. What do the Gikuyu call their grandmother?
(a) Mamba.
(b) Baba.
(c) Coco.
(d) Lolo.

4. A man who owns a hut is referred to as __________.
(a) An elder.
(b) A married man.
(c) A wealthy man.
(d) A father.

5. How does Mr. Kenyatta present the facts?
(a) With anger.
(b) Sorrowfully.
(c) Objectively without feeling.
(d) With great passion.

6. How many stages of eldership did Kenyatta pass
(a) Two.
(b) Four.
(c) Three.
(d) Five.

7. What is the sign of wealth among the Gikuyu?
(a) Goats.
(b) Cattle.
(c) Sons.
(d) Sheep.

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

9. What food is used to feed women after childbirth?
(a) Rice.
(b) Beans.
(c) Millet.
(d) Tree peas.

10. What does Mr. Kenyatta recognize which is all important?
(a) The danger of his own bias.
(b) His lack of education.
(c) His love of the European culture.
(d) The danger of fame and fortune.

11. What is the mbari or nyomba?
(a) Hut of a male Gikuyu.
(b) Family group.
(c) Witch doctor.
(d) Hut of a female Gikuyu.

12. What is the approximate population of the Gikuyu country?
(a) One and a half million.
(b) A half a million.
(c) Two million.
(d) One million.

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

14. Which class helped Mr. Kenyatta become an excellent ethnographer?
(a) Anthropology class in Paris.
(b) Discussion class in London.
(c) Discussion class in Berlin.
(d) Economics class in Kenya.

15. Which two men are responsible for undertaking the new drive in French folklore?
(a) Victor Hugo and Balzac.
(b) Proust and Lamartine.
(c) Baudelaire and Saint Exupery.
(d) Riviere and Varagniac.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does a Gikuyu woman call the parcel of land she is allowed to cultivate?

2. From whom did the Gikuyu buy land when they moved southward?

3. How high should the crops be when weeding is begun?

4. Where was the resting place of the Divider of the Universe, the creator of the Gikuyu tribe?

5. Into how many administrative districts is the Gikuyu territory divided?

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