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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. When the boy is accepted in marriage, what do his parents do?
(a) They explain the duties of being a husband to their son.
(b) They visit the parents of the bride to be.
(c) They consult with the medicine man of the tribe.
(d) They thank their ancestors in prayer.

2. What is done the day before the circumcision operation?
(a) Feathers are put in the hair.
(b) The body is painted red and white.
(c) A bracelet with bells is put around the ankle.
(d) The head is shaved.

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

4. In what year did members of the new religion clash with police?
(a) 1932.
(b) 1933.
(c) 1934
(d) 1935.

5. What do the girls and their sponsors do in the hut on the day of circumcision?
(a) They sing a special initiation song.
(b) They dance together.
(c) The girls sit between the legs of their sponsors.
(d) They exchange vows.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was the name of the first governmental group?

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

4. When is a Gikuyu man initiated into the religious and sacrificial council?

5. What does a man pay when he is initiated into the religious and sacrificial council?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe the initiation of a Gikuyu girl.

3. Whom do the Gikuyu worship as God?

4. What is the school in the Gikuyu nation? How do the mothers and nurses educate the very young?

5. What are reasons for divorce in Gikuyu society?

6. Describe the rise of new religions in Africa.

7. Describe the harvesting ceremony.

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

9. Why does Kenyatta defend the clitoridectomy of Gikuyu girls?

10. Describe the planting ceremony.

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