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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 food is used to feed women after childbirth?

2. In what year was Kenyatta delegated to present the Gikuyu point of view with regard to land matters to the Secretary of State for the Colonies?

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

4. From whom did the Gikuyu buy grain?

5. From whom did the Gikuyu buy land when they moved southward?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happens when the father, the owner of the land, dies?

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

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

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

6. What do the Gikuyu do for a living?

7. Describe the hut of a male Gikuyu.

8. Describe the Gikuyu hut of a woman.

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choose two of the following essay topics.

1) What role does a Gikuyu mother play in the education of Gikuyu children?

2) What role does a Gikuyu father play in the education of his sons?

3) Why does Kenyatta feel European education would cause the downfall of the Gikuyu society?

Essay Topic 2

Choose two of the following essay topics.

1) How did the making of iron come about in the Gikuyu tribe?

2) Describe how the Gikuyu make iron.

3) What do the Gikuyus make out of iron?

Essay Topic 3

Choose two of the following essay topics.

1) Describe what the Gikuyus do when rain fails to fall normally. What do the seers do?

2) Describe the ceremony of sacrificing a lamb to Ngai, the Gikuyu God.

3) Describe the Gikuyu planting ceremony.

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