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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 is the circumcision of both sexes regarded as in Gikuyu society?

2. When does a junior warrior become a senior warrior?

3. How many men do Gikuyu women usually marry?

4. What is done the day before the circumcision operation?

5. For what did the Europeans condemn the Gikuyus?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the planting ceremony.

2. What is circumcision required for among Gikuyus?

3. What did the Gikuyu constitution state?

4. What is the school in the Gikuyu nation? How do the mothers and nurses educate the very young?

5. What happens if rain fails to fall normally?

6. What must a Gikuyu boy do when he wants to get married?

7. What are the three types of Gikuyu spirituality?

8. What does the Gikuyu father teach his son?

9. How many wives does a Gikuyu man usually have? How many husbands does a Gikuyu woman usually have?

10. What happens when a Gikuyu girl accepts a boy in marriage?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choose two of the following essay topics.

1) Describe hate magic and when it is used.

2) What is destructive magic considered to be by the Gikuyu people? How do they view it? What happened to people who practiced it before the Europeans came?

3) Describe how witch's poison is made. Who knows how to make it? What does it contain?

Essay Topic 2

Choose two of the following essay topics.

1) Describe the history of the Gikuyu system of government. How and why did it become a democratic government?

2) Describe how the Gikuyu Constitution was written and what it contains.

3) List the different Gikuyu councils. Why are they important?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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