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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What is the study of the German people by German scholars called?
(a) Deutsche Gechichte.
(b) Taegliches Leben des deutschen Volkes.
(c) Studium des deutchen Volkes.
(d) Volkskunde.

6. Where was the resting place of the Divider of the Universe, the creator of the Gikuyu tribe?
(a) In the jungles of Kenya.
(b) Beside Victoria Falls.
(c) Mt. Kilimanjaro.
(d) Mt. Kenya.

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

8. How many of the Gikuyu live as squatters on farms on European land?
(a) 105,000.
(b) 110,000,
(c) 75,000.
(d) 95,000.

9. 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?
(a) 1929.
(b) 1925.
(c) 1924.
(d) 1927.

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

11. What is the value of a bull or ox in terms of sheep or goats.
(a) Six sheep or goats.
(b) Four sheep or goats.
(c) Five sheep or goats.
(d) Seven sheep or goats.

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

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

14. Where are the author's credentials written in a book?
(a) Preface.
(b) Bibliography.
(c) Appendix.
(d) Dedication.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How long does a well built hut usually last?

2. To whom does Kenyatta write that he is indebted to concerning technical advice on anthropological points?

3. How did the Gikuyus explain the relation of their tribe with the Europeans?

4. The educated, intellectual minority of Africans were dismissed as ___________.

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

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