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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the name of the second Royal Commission on land tenure?
(a) Royal Committee of Kenya.
(b) Joint Committee on the Closer Union of East Africa.
(c) British-Gikuyu Royal Commission.
(d) Nairobi Royal Commission.

2. What was the name of Gikuyu's wife?
(a) Mikuji.
(b) Moombi.
(c) Malinbi.
(d) Mombooli.

3. Between which two countries was the African railway built?
(a) Ethiopia-Uganda.
(b) Uganda-Kenya.
(c) Rwanda-Kenya.
(d) Kenya-Cairo.

4. What is the key to the life of the Gikuyu?
(a) Magic.
(b) Land tenure.
(c) Warfare practices.
(d) Ceremonies.

5. In what part of Kenya does the country of the Gikuyu lie?
(a) Southern.
(b) Central.
(c) Eastern.
(d) Northern.

6. What is the worst thing a Gikuyu man can do to infuriate another?
(a) Spit on him.
(b) Sleep with his wife.
(c) Get the witchdoctor to cast a spell on him.
(d) Insult his mother.

7. What kind of charcoal has a particular value in smelting iron?
(a) Beobab charcoal.
(b) Banana charcoal.
(c) Pine tree charcoal.
(d) Palm charcoal.

8. How many sheep or goats equal the value of one cow?
(a) Eight.
(b) Seven.
(c) Ten.
(d) Six.

9. What was the name of Kenyatta's aunt who performed the initiation operation on Gikuyu girls?
(a) Lanca.
(b) Luca.
(c) Waco.
(d) Vinca.

10. During what years did the Hilton Young Commission on land tenure take place?
(a) 1928-29.
(b) 1931-33.
(c) 1930-31.
(d) 1927-28.

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

12. What position did Kenyatta hold in the Gikuyu Central Association?
(a) President.
(b) Vice-president.
(c) General Secretary.
(d) Treasurer.

13. What has become the attitude of modern social science?
(a) "Going out into the world is all-important."
(b) "Anthropology begins at home."
(c) "Know thyself."
(d) "Tolerance is all-important."

14. What is the busiest time for the majority of the women?
(a) Planting time.
(b) Weeding time.
(c) Harvesting-time.
(d) Hut-building time.

15. What is the father of a Gikuyu family called?
(a) Gooyi.
(b) Gikoo.
(c) Baba.
(d) Simba.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The ore is reduced to ____________.

3. A man who owns a hut is referred to as __________.

4. Which two men are responsible for undertaking the new drive in French folklore?

5. 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?

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