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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) Lanca.
(b) Luca.
(c) Waco.
(d) Vinca.

2. How long does it take to build a Gikuyu hut?
(a) Two weeks.
(b) Three days.
(c) A day.
(d) A week.

3. In what part of Kenya does the country of the Gikuyu lie?
(a) Eastern.
(b) Central.
(c) Southern.
(d) Northern.

4. How high should the crops be when weeding is begun?
(a) About 7 inches.
(b) About 2 or 3 inches.
(c) About 6 inches.
(d) About 4 or 5 inches.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom does Kenyatta write that he is indebted to concerning technical advice on anthropological points?

2. The ore is reduced to ____________.

3. Where did Kenyatta live when he was learning the methods of warfare?

4. What do the Gikuyu call their grandmother?

5. How many sheep or goats equal the value of one cow?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the Gikuyu society change from a matriarchal to a patriarchal society?

2. What enabled Kenyatta to write an ethnography of the Gikuyu tribe?

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

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

5. What are cattle used for in Gikuyu society?

6. What does Malinkowski maintain would be a good enough reason for the book?

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

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

9. What is Kenyatta speaking of when he refers to those "professional friends of the African"?

10. Describe the hut of a male Gikuyu.

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