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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 do the girls and their sponsors do in the hut on the day of circumcision?

2. What is the school in the Gikuyu nation?

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

4. What kind of games do the young Gikuyu play?

5. What does Kenyatta fear western education will do to the Gikuyu society?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens once all the dowry animals are paid to the parents of the bride?

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

3. Whom do the Gikuyu worship as God?

4. Describe the rise of new religions in Africa.

5. Describe the planting ceremony.

6. What are the three types of Gikuyu spirituality?

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

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

9. What happens when a man has a hut suitable for his wife?

10. Describe the harvesting ceremony.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choose two of the following essay topics.

1) What happens to a boy after he is circumcised? What groups does he join and when?

2) What are the reasons for war among the Gikuyu people. Describe the wars.

3) Describe the court system in the Gikuyu culture.

Essay Topic 2

Choose two of the following essay topics.

1) Describe the basic units of the Gikuyu tribe.

2) Describe the story of the creation of the Gikuyu tribe.

3) Why and how did the Gikuyus change from a matriarchal society to a patriarchal society?

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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