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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 was Kenyatta's grandfather?
2. In what year was the big land case brought before the Supreme Court in Nairobi?
3. What was the name of the chief who entered into a treaty with the Europeans and was then deported and died on his way to the coast?
4. For what is the man's hut used?
5. What united people in Africa against Western influence, above all against Great Britain and the United States?
Short Essay Questions
1. What happens when the father, the owner of the land, dies?
2. Describe the Gikuyu hut of a woman.
3. What does Malinkowski maintain would be a good enough reason for the book?
4. What are cattle used for in Gikuyu society?
5. How are the cultural and historical traditions of the Gikuyu people handed down from generation to generation?
6. What are the basic units of the Gikuyu tribe?
7. To whom is Kenyatta particularly indebted to in the writing of the book?
8. What work do the Gikuyu men do?
9. Explain the place of the father in the Gikuyu society.
10. What are sheep and goats used for in Gikuyu society?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Choose two of the following essay topics.
1) What are the three types of Gikuyu spirituality and why are they all important to Gikuyu culture?
2) Describe the Gikuyu God, Ngai.
3) Describe Gikuyu religion.
Essay Topic 2
Choose two of the following essay topics.
1) What work do the Gikuyu women do?
2) What work do the Gikuyu men do?
3) Describe what cattle, sheep, and goats are used for in the Gikuyu culture?
Essay Topic 3
Choose two of the following essay topics.
1) Why is the love magic to obtain the love of many for one considered dangerous?
2) What are the more popular kinds of love magic?
3) Describe what is done in healing magic.
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