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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 is the study of the German people by German scholars called?
(a) Volkskunde.
(b) Deutsche Gechichte.
(c) Studium des deutchen Volkes.
(d) Taegliches Leben des deutschen Volkes.

2. What was the condition that the nine men had to agree to if they wanted to marry Gikuyu's daughters?
(a) To kill a ram as a sacrifice.
(b) To live under a matriarchal system.
(c) To go up to the top of Mt. Kenya and pray.
(d) To undergo an immediate initiation operation.

3. What is the approximate population of the Gikuyu country?
(a) One million.
(b) A half a million.
(c) Two million.
(d) One and a half million.

4. In what year was the big land case brought before the Supreme Court in Nairobi?
(a) 1921.
(b) 1920.
(c) 1922.
(d) 1923.

5. What was the founder of the Gikuyu tribe called?
(a) Moombi.
(b) Mowgli.
(c) Mombassa.
(d) Mogai.

Short Answer Questions

1. Between which two countries was the African railway built?

2. Which two men are responsible for undertaking the new drive in French folklore?

3. What does a Gikuyu woman call the parcel of land she is allowed to cultivate?

4. In the prophesy of the Gikuyu medicine man, what was the color of the bodies of the men who were to come out of the big water?

5. What were the Gikuyus made to know by the Europeans?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What are cattle used for in Gikuyu society?

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

4. What happened when the descendents of Gikuyu outgrew the land?

5. What work do the Gikuyu men do?

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

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

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

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

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

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