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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many types of spirituality are there among the Gikuyus?
(a) Three.
(b) Four.
(c) Two.
(d) One.

2. How do the mother and the nurse educate the very young?
(a) Through poems.
(b) With toys.
(c) Through lullabies.
(d) Through stories.

3. How many wives do Gikuyu men usually have?
(a) Around fifteen.
(b) Around ten.
(c) Around sixteen.
(d) Around twenty-five.

4. What was the name of the first governmental group?
(a) Kolugi generation.
(b) Ndemi generation.
(c) Gikuyu generation..
(d) Nogami generation .

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

6. When a man becomes ill, ________________ are sought.
(a) Medicine men.
(b) Gikuyu gods.
(c) Seers.
(d) Elders.

7. For what did the Europeans condemn the Gikuyus?
(a) Polygamy.
(b) Medicine men.
(c) Circumcision.
(d) Magic.

8. In what manner is the sacrificial animal killed?
(a) Throat cut.
(b) Strangled.
(c) Hung.
(d) Pierced with an arrow.

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

10. What do Gikuyus do instead of praying to their ancestral spirits?
(a) Name their children after them.
(b) Hold a feast in their honor.
(c) Give them gitts of respect.
(d) Light a fire on top of Mount Kenya in their honor.

11. When do the Gikuyu make sacrifices to their god?
(a) For a good harvest.
(b) Only in dire circumstances and when rain fails to fall.
(c) For fertility.
(d) For good health.

12. Why does Kenyatta feel the Gikuyu form of education is better than formal education.
(a) The child doesn't have to leave the home.
(b) The child isn't exposed to the wrong ideas.
(c) The child is learning all the time.
(d) The child is happier with this kind of education.

13. How many oaths control the court proceedings of the Gikuyu?
(a) One.
(b) Four.
(c) Two.
(d) Three.

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

15. What is the school in the Gikuyu nation?
(a) The home.
(b) A special hut.
(c) Mt. Kenya.
(d) The outdoors.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the weapon of the Gikuyu God?

2. What did the government of the Gikuyu become eventually?

3. What was the first ruler of the Gikuyu people like?

4. What is the sound of the Gikuyu's God's movement?

5. What kind of government did the British introduce when they came?

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