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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. How many sheep or goats equal the value of one cow?
(a) Six.
(b) Ten.
(c) Seven.
(d) Eight.
2. In what part of Kenya does the country of the Gikuyu lie?
(a) Northern.
(b) Central.
(c) Eastern.
(d) Southern.
3. When did Kenyatta learn about a new religious cult?
(a) 1928-29.
(b) 1927-28.
(c) 1932-33.
(d) 1930-31.
4. How did the Gikuyus explain the relation of their tribe with the Europeans?
(a) With a story about an elephant and a man.
(b) With a story about a lion with a man.
(c) With a story about a Rhinoceros and a man.
(d) With the story of a fox and a man.
5. What was the name of the chief who entered into a treaty with the Europeans and was then deported and died on his way to the coast?
(a) Kikumboo.
(b) Waiyaki
(c) Kaigumbi.
(d) Wukumbi.
Short Answer Questions
1. When the Europeans first came to Gikuyuland, how did the Gikuyu regard them?
2. In what year was the big land case brought before the Supreme Court in Nairobi?
3. The first seeds of the new historical demoralization were planted by ___________.
4. What was the short name of the famous medicine man of the Gikuyu who prophesied the coming of Europeans with guns?
5. What has become the attitude of modern social science?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is Kenyatta speaking of when he refers to those "professional friends of the African"?
2. What is the story of the creation of the Gikuyu tribe?
3. Describe the Gikuyu hut of a woman.
4. What is the origin of the Gikuyu's use of iron?
5. What qualities does Kenyatta exhibit in his book that are rare among students of social science?
6. What are Gikuyu children expected to do?
7. To whom is Kenyatta particularly indebted to in the writing of the book?
8. What work do the Gikuyu women do?
9. How does a man go about buying land from a Gikuyu?
10. How are the cultural and historical traditions of the Gikuyu people handed down from generation to generation?
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