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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mr. Kenyatta recognize which is all important?

2. What was the name of Kenyatta's aunt who performed the initiation operation on Gikuyu girls?

3. How long is a Gikuyu warrior's spear?

4. What was the founder of the Gikuyu tribe called?

5. How do the Masai regard cultivation of the soil?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the Gikuyu hut of a woman.

2. What does Malinkowski maintain would be a good enough reason for the book?

3. What enabled Kenyatta to write an ethnography of the Gikuyu tribe?

4. What are cattle used for in Gikuyu society?

5. What happened when the descendents of Gikuyu outgrew the land?

6. What is considered to be the most important aspect of Gikuyu society and why?

7. What are sheep and goats used for in Gikuyu society?

8. Describe the hut of a male Gikuyu.

9. What is the origin of the Gikuyu's use of iron?

10. Where is the country of the Gikuyu located? How many different administrative districts exist? What is the approximate population?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choose two of the following essay topics.

1) Describe hate magic and when it is used.

2) What is destructive magic considered to be by the Gikuyu people? How do they view it? What happened to people who practiced it before the Europeans came?

3) Describe how witch's poison is made. Who knows how to make it? What does it contain?

Essay Topic 2

Choose two of the following essay topics.

1) Describe the basic units of the Gikuyu tribe.

2) Describe the story of the creation of the Gikuyu tribe.

3) Why and how did the Gikuyus change from a matriarchal society to a patriarchal society?

Essay Topic 3

Choose two of the following essay topics.

1) According to Kenyatta , why has there been a rise of new religious groups in Africa.

2) Describe the new religions which arose in Africa.

3) What happened when the Watu wa Mngu religious group grew larger and more active?

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