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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. Which animals are the most valuable to the Gikuyus?

2. What is the Gkuyu word for witch doctor?

3. What has become the attitude of modern social science?

4. What is the mother's brother called?

5. How did the Gikuyus explain the relation of their tribe with the Europeans?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Kenyatta speaking of when he refers to those "professional friends of the African"?

2. How are the brother of the mother and sister of the mother considered in Gikuyu society?

3. Describe the hut of a male Gikuyu.

4. How are the children in the Gikuyu tribe viewed?

5. Why does Malinkowski write that we can't criticize Kenyatta for belief in magic?

6. What qualities does Kenyatta exhibit in his book that are rare among students of social science?

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

8. What work do the Gikuyu women do?

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

10. Explain the place of the father in the Gikuyu society.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choose two of the following essay topics.

1) List the eleven types of Gikuyu magic.

2) Describe how charm and protective magic is used to protect one from wild animals and harmful entities.

3) Describe the love magic used to obtain the love of many for an individual.

Essay Topic 2

Choose two of the following essay topics.

1) How does Kenyatta defend the clitoridectomy of Gikuyu girls?

2) Describe the initiation of a Gikuyu girl. What is done to her the day before the the surgery? Describe all the steps in initiation. What privileges does she have after surgery?

3) Describe the initiation of a Gikuyu boy. What privileges does he have after he is circumcised?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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