Facing Mount Kenya; the Tribal Life of Gikuyu Test | Final Test - Easy

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Facing Mount Kenya; the Tribal Life of Gikuyu Test | Final Test - Easy

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What animal is sacrificed to the Gikuyu god?
(a) A cow.
(b) A goat.
(c) A kid.
(d) A lamb.

2. What is the Gikuyu word for courtship fondling?
(a) Ngweko.
(b) Gnwinko.
(c) Thingira.
(d) Nogwinka.

3. What does the boy do when he is accepted by the girl for marriage?
(a) He tells his parents.
(b) He sends gifts to the girl's parents.
(c) He sends the girl a bouquet of flowers.
(d) He celebrates with his friends.

4. What is the fourth stage of the marriage arrangements?
(a) Holding a feast.
(b) Setting a day to sign the marriage contract.
(c) Slaughtering the sheep.
(d) Sending gifts to the bride's parents.

5. What serves as churches for the Gikuyu?
(a) The river.
(b) Sacred trees.
(c) Sacred huts.
(d) Sacred groves.

6. What is the sound of the Gikuyu's God's movement?
(a) Thunder,.
(b) Rustling trees.
(c) Rushing river water.
(d) Mighty wind.

7. What does Kenyatta fear western education will do to the Gikuyu society?
(a) Tempt them to leave Kenya and go abroad.
(b) Be the downfall of the structure of the clan.
(c) Give Gikuyus an inferiority complex.
(d) Turn them against their ancestors.

8. When an animal is to be sacrificed to God, where is the ceremony held?
(a) At a sacred tree.
(b) On the top of Mount Kenya.
(c) In a clearing in the jungle.
(d) In the woman's hut.

9. How do the Gikuyu people finally kill the evil spirits?
(a) Strangle them.
(b) Drown them.
(c) Burn them.
(d) Suffocate them.

10. When is the piercing of the child's lobe done?
(a) At seventeen years old.
(b) A few years after the piercing of the outer ear.
(c) At fifteen years old.
(d) At twenty years old.

11. What are the stomach contents of the sacrificial animal mixed with during the harvesting ceremony?
(a) Sap of a tree and the bark.
(b) Ground up fish.
(c) Fruit and nuts.
(d) Spices.

12. When does a man become a member of the Court of Elders?
(a) When he marries.
(b) After two children are circumcised.
(c) When he owns a house.
(d) After one child is circumcised.

13. Where is the Gikuyu God supposed to reside?
(a) Lake Victoria.
(b) Mt. Kenya.
(c) Victoria Falls.
(d) Mt. Kilimanjaro.

14. What does a man pay when he is initiated into the religious and sacrificial council?
(a) A ewe.
(b) A lamb.
(c) A cow.
(d) A goat.

15. Where do the men, women, and children beat the bushes to chase the evil spirits away?
(a) In the jungle.
(b) At the river.
(c) Toward the center of the village.
(d) Toward Mount Kenya.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How do the mother and the nurse educate the very young?

3. What is the first stage of Gikuyu courtship?

4. What is the weapon of the Gikuyu God?

5. How is the first stage of youth marked in the Gikuyu tribe?

(see the answer keys)

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