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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 does a Gikuyu marriage come about?
(a) Men and women choose their own mates.
(b) The marriages are arranged by the parents.
(c) The Gikuyu men choose their brides.
(d) The marriages are arranged by Gikuyu elders.

2. At what age is the first stage of Gikuyu youth marked?
(a) Three or four years old.
(b) Four or five years old.
(c) Eight years old.
(d) Six or seven years old.

3. At what age is a Gikuyu child circumcised?
(a) Fourteen.
(b) Twelve or thirteen.
(c) Fifteen or sixteen.
(d) Seventeen or eighteen.

4. How many men do Gikuyu women usually marry?
(a) Thirteen and fourteen.
(b) Two and three.
(c) Ten and twelve.
(d) Fifteen and twenty.

5. What do the boys and girls do after the location of the surgery is blessed and ancestral spirits appeased?
(a) They go to the same tree.
(b) They dance in a circle.
(c) They kneel and pray to their ancestors.
(d) They eat a special food.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the stomach contents of the sacrificial animal mixed with during the harvesting ceremony?

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

3. Where is the Gikuyu God supposed to reside?

4. When a man becomes ill, ________________ are sought.

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What are reasons for divorce in Gikuyu society?

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

3. Whom do the Gikuyu worship as God?

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

5. Describe the initiation of a Gikuyu girl.

6. Describe the planting ceremony.

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

8. What happens if rain fails to fall normally?

9. Describe the rise of new religions in Africa.

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

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