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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. Under what kind of tree did Gikuyu and his family find nine young men to marry Gikuyu's daughters?

2. What is the mother's brother called?

3. Kenyatta gave evidence before the Morris Carter Kenya Land Commission in London in what year?

4. In what year was the big land case brought before the Supreme Court in Nairobi?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Describe the Gikuyu hut of a woman.

5. What are cattle used for in Gikuyu society?

6. What are the basic units of the Gikuyu tribe?

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

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

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

10. How does a man go about buying land from a Gikuyu?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choose two of the following essay topics.

1) What happens to a boy after he is circumcised? What groups does he join and when?

2) What are the reasons for war among the Gikuyu people. Describe the wars.

3) Describe the court system in the Gikuyu culture.

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) 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.

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