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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 does the bride do when the husband's relatives come to take her to his hut?
(a) She gives them flowers.
(b) She sings to them.
(c) She hugs them.
(d) She pretends to struggle against them.

2. Why does Kenyatta feel the Gikuyu form of education is better than formal education.
(a) The child isn't exposed to the wrong ideas.
(b) The child is learning all the time.
(c) The child is happier with this kind of education.
(d) The child doesn't have to leave the home.

3. What is done to the girl's body prior to surgery?
(a) It is painted with sacred colors.
(b) It is massaged and adorned with beads.
(c) It is washed in the mother's hut.
(d) It is blessed by the medicine man.

4. When an animal is to be sacrificed to God, where is the ceremony held?
(a) In the woman's hut.
(b) At a sacred tree.
(c) In a clearing in the jungle.
(d) On the top of Mount Kenya.

5. To what does Kenyatta attribute the rise of different religions?
(a) To the Europeans disregarding African religious beliefs
(b) To the economic distress in Gikuyu land.
(c) To the fact the Gikuyus were tired of their religion.
(d) To the Gikuyus losing faith in their god.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When is a man initiated into the council of peace?

3. What does Kenyatta fear western education will do to the Gikuyu society?

4. What does the boy do when he is accepted by the girl for marriage?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens once all the dowry animals are paid to the parents of the bride?

2. What happens if rain fails to fall normally?

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

4. What are the three types of Gikuyu spirituality?

5. Describe the planting ceremony.

6. What is circumcision required for among Gikuyus?

7. What must a Gikuyu boy do when he wants to get married?

8. What does the Gikuyu father teach his son?

9. Describe the stages of youth in the Gikuyu society.

10. How did the Gikuyu society become democratic?

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