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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When does a junior warrior become a senior warrior?
(a) After he marries more than five women.
(b) After he make his own weapons.
(c) After he takes part in a battle.
(d) Twelve rain seasons after his weapons are blessed.

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

3. How many sheep are slaughtered for the marriage feast?
(a) Four.
(b) Six.
(c) Seven.
(d) Five.

4. How many men do Gikuyu women usually marry?
(a) Two and three.
(b) Fifteen and twenty.
(c) Ten and twelve.
(d) Thirteen and fourteen.

5. What is done the day before the circumcision operation?
(a) The body is painted red and white.
(b) The head is shaved.
(c) Feathers are put in the hair.
(d) A bracelet with bells is put around the ankle.

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

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

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

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

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

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

12. At what age is the first stage of Gikuyu youth marked?
(a) Four or five years old.
(b) Eight years old.
(c) Six or seven years old.
(d) Three or four years old.

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

14. When can the Gikuyu people participate in the government?
(a) After having children.
(b) After owning land.
(c) After marriage.
(d) After circumcision.

15. When the man has a hut suitable for his wife what happens?
(a) He takes her to the hut himself.
(b) He begins furnishing it.
(c) The bride is taken to his hut by his female relatives.
(d) He builds the sacred fire in the middle of the hut.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the circumcision of both sexes regarded as in Gikuyu society?

2. What is the fourth stage of the marriage arrangements?

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

4. What is a name of the Gikuyu God?

5. What does Kenyatta think the European teacher coming to Africa should do?

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