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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 do the Gikuyu people finally kill the evil spirits?
(a) Burn them.
(b) Strangle them.
(c) Drown them.
(d) Suffocate them.

2. When is a Gikuyu man initiated into the religious and sacrificial council?
(a) When his wife is past child-bearing age.
(b) When three of his sons become warriors.
(c) When he becomes an elder.
(d) When two of his daughters marry.

3. When a man becomes ill, ________________ are sought.
(a) Medicine men.
(b) Gikuyu gods.
(c) Elders.
(d) Seers.

4. Where do the men, women, and children beat the bushes to chase the evil spirits away?
(a) Toward the center of the village.
(b) Toward Mount Kenya.
(c) In the jungle.
(d) At the river.

5. What kind of government did the British introduce when they came?
(a) Autocracy.
(b) Republic.
(c) Democracy.
(d) Dictatorship.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the young taught?

2. What does the father teach his son about plants and roots?

3. When do the Gikuyu make sacrifices to their god?

4. What kind of games do the young Gikuyu play?

5. What was the first ruler of the Gikuyu people like?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when a man has a hut suitable for his wife?

2. What does Kenyatta hope his analysis of the educational system of the Gikuyu will help the Europeans understand?

3. What are the three types of Gikuyu spirituality?

4. What are reasons for divorce in Gikuyu society?

5. Where do the Gikuyu worship?

6. What is considered the sound of Ngai's movement? What is his weapon?

7. Describe the rise of new religions in Africa.

8. How did the Gikuyu society become democratic?

9. Describe the planting ceremony.

10. What happens if rain fails to fall normally?

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