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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. What was the name of Kenyatta's aunt who performed the initiation operation on Gikuyu girls?
(a) Luca.
(b) Vinca.
(c) Waco.
(d) Lanca.

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

3. When the Europeans first came to Gikuyuland, how did the Gikuyu regard them?
(a) As lonely wanderers.
(b) As interesting foreigners.
(c) As conquerors.
(d) As dangerous enemies.

4. What is the mother's brother called?
(a) Mama.
(b) Loopi.
(c) Oono.
(d) Unka.

5. Kenyatta gave evidence before the Morris Carter Kenya Land Commission in London in what year?
(a) 1933.
(b) 1932.
(c) 1931.
(d) 1934.

Short Answer Questions

1. The ore is reduced to ____________.

2. What is the busiest time for the majority of the women?

3. How did the Gikuyu lose most of their lands?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the origin of the Gikuyu's use of iron?

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

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

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

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

6. What do the Gikuyu do for a living?

7. How does a man go about buying land from a Gikuyu?

8. Describe the hut of a male Gikuyu.

9. What qualities does Kenyatta exhibit in his book that are rare among students of social science?

10. What is considered to be the most important aspect of Gikuyu society and why?

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