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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. Where is the Gikuyu God supposed to reside?

2. What is the sound of the Gikuyu's God's movement?

3. Under the Constitution that was drawn up after the Gikuyu people became democratic, what were all young men supposed to be?

4. What does the father teach his son about plants and roots?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is circumcision required for among Gikuyus?

3. What is considered the sound of Ngai's movement? What is his weapon?

4. Why does Kenyatta defend the clitoridectomy of Gikuyu girls?

5. Describe the stages of youth in the Gikuyu society.

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

7. What did the Gikuyu constitution state?

8. What does Kenyatta hope his analysis of the educational system of the Gikuyu will help the Europeans understand?

9. How did the Gikuyu society become democratic?

10. What does the Gikuyu father teach his son?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choose two of the following essay topics.

1) Describe Gikuyu hut building. Who builds the huts? How long does it take?

2) Describe a Gikuyu woman's hut.

3) Describe a Gikuyu man's hut.

Essay Topic 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

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?

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