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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 musical instruments are used to chase away evil spirits?
(a) Magic sticks.
(b) Flutes,.
(c) Horns.
(d) Drums.

2. When can the Gikuyu people participate in the government?
(a) After marriage.
(b) After owning land.
(c) After circumcision.
(d) After having children.

3. When is a man initiated into the council of peace?
(a) When a man owns his own hut and land.
(b) When a man has a child to be circumcised.
(c) When a man is 50 years old.
(d) When a man marries.

4. What are the young taught?
(a) How to bathe themselves.
(b) The Gikuyu language.
(c) History of the tribe and family traditions.
(d) How to dress themselves.

5. What is the Gikuyu word for courtship fondling?
(a) Thingira.
(b) Gnwinko.
(c) Ngweko.
(d) Nogwinka.

Short Answer Questions

1. At what age is a Gikuyu child circumcised?

2. What is a name of the Gikuyu God?

3. How is the first stage of youth marked in the Gikuyu tribe?

4. Why does Kenyatta feel the Gikuyu form of education is better than formal education.

5. Under the Constitution that was drawn up after the Gikuyu people became democratic, what were all young men supposed to be?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens if rain fails to fall normally?

2. Describe the planting ceremony.

3. Where do the Gikuyu worship?

4. Describe the initiation of a Gikuyu girl.

5. What are reasons for divorce in Gikuyu society?

6. Whom do the Gikuyu worship as God?

7. Describe the harvesting ceremony.

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

9. How did the Gikuyu society become democratic?

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

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