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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 many oaths control the court proceedings of the Gikuyu?
(a) Two.
(b) Three.
(c) Four.
(d) One.

2. What do the fathers teach their young sons?
(a) How to build a hut.
(b) How to weed and use a digging stick.
(c) How to fight with the Gikuyu weapons.
(d) How to fish.

3. What does Kenyatta fear western education will do to the Gikuyu society?
(a) Tempt them to leave Kenya and go abroad.
(b) Give Gikuyus an inferiority complex.
(c) Be the downfall of the structure of the clan.
(d) Turn them against their ancestors.

4. What does Kenyatta think the European teacher coming to Africa should do?
(a) Learn the Gikuyu way.
(b) Share their knowledge of other subjects.
(c) Set up western schools.
(d) Be circumcised.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What musical instruments are used to chase away evil spirits?

2. What do the boy's parents have to collect?

3. When does a junior warrior become a senior warrior?

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

5. What does Kenyatta fear about western education?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the three types of Gikuyu spirituality?

2. What does a Gikuyu mother teach her children?

3. Whom do the Gikuyu worship as God?

4. Describe the planting ceremony.

5. How many wives does a Gikuyu man usually have? How many husbands does a Gikuyu woman usually have?

6. What did the Gikuyu constitution state?

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

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

9. What is circumcision required for among Gikuyus?

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

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