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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 kind of games do the young Gikuyu play?

2. What are taught as underlying principles of Gikuyu education?

3. When an animal is to be sacrificed to God, where is the ceremony held?

4. How is the first stage of youth marked in the Gikuyu tribe?

5. How many types of spirituality are there among the Gikuyus?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does a Gikuyu mother teach her children?

2. What happens if rain fails to fall normally?

3. How did the Gikuyu society become democratic?

4. Describe the harvesting ceremony.

5. What are reasons for divorce in Gikuyu society?

6. What does the Gikuyu father teach his son?

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

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

9. Describe the rise of new religions in Africa.

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Choose two of the following essay topics.

1) Describe how the father, mother, and grandparents are treated by other members of the family.

2) What is the difference between children of the same mother and children of the same father and the difference between the sister of the mother and the sister of the father?

3) What is the relationship of relatives by marriage?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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