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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. From what month to what month is the season of the big rain In Gikuyuland?

2. What is the approximate population of the Gikuyu country?

3. What is the busiest time for the majority of the women?

4. What were the Gikuyus made to know by the Europeans?

5. What is the sign of wealth among the Gikuyu?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the Gikuyu society change from a matriarchal to a patriarchal society?

2. What are cattle used for in Gikuyu society?

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

4. List some of the activities Kenyatta participated in which make him an excellent representative of his tribe.

5. How are the cultural and historical traditions of the Gikuyu people handed down from generation to generation?

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

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

8. What is the story of the creation of the Gikuyu tribe?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Choose two of the following essay topics.

1) Describe why Kenyatta is so well suited to write an ethnography of the Gikuyu tribe. What are his credentials?

2) Who is Bronislav Malinowski and how did he help Kenyatta with his book?

3) Explain Kenyatta's reason for writing the book.

Essay Topic 3

Choose two of the following essay topics.

1) Discuss land ownership among the Gikuyus and its history.

2) What is the story of the medicine man named Mogo? What did he prophesy?

3) What must a man do in order to buy land?

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