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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which two men are responsible for undertaking the new drive in French folklore?
(a) Riviere and Varagniac.
(b) Victor Hugo and Balzac.
(c) Baudelaire and Saint Exupery.
(d) Proust and Lamartine.

2. How did the Gikuyu lose most of their lands?
(a) Through fighting with the Europeans.
(b) Through selling their land to the Europeans.
(c) Through their magnanimity.
(d) Through deserting their lands and moving southward.

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

4. When did Kenyatta learn about a new religious cult?
(a) 1928-29.
(b) 1932-33.
(c) 1930-31.
(d) 1927-28.

5. What quote from William James was in the Introduction to the book?
(a) "Beware of anthropologists."
(b) "Beware of ethnic prejudice."
(c) "Intuition is more important than mere facts,:
(d) "Progress is a terrible thing."

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the mbari or nyomba?

2. What is a moherega?

3. Which class helped Mr. Kenyatta become an excellent ethnographer?

4. How many partitions are in the male Gikuyu's hut?

5. What is the key to the life of the Gikuyu?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the Gikuyu hut of a woman.

2. What happens when the father, the owner of the land, dies?

3. What is the story of the creation of the Gikuyu tribe?

4. What are sheep and goats used for in Gikuyu society?

5. List some of the activities Kenyatta participated in which make him an excellent representative of his tribe.

6. How are the children in the Gikuyu tribe viewed?

7. What work do the Gikuyu men do?

8. Where is the country of the Gikuyu located? How many different administrative districts exist? What is the approximate population?

9. Explain the place of the father in the Gikuyu society.

10. Why does Malinkowski write that we can't criticize Kenyatta for belief in magic?

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