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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Religion and Ancestor Worship and The New Religion in East Africa.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did the people living in the forests build their homes?
(a) Underground.
(b) In ckearings.
(c) On the plain.
(d) In the trees.

2. What were the Gikuyus made to know by the Europeans?
(a) Might is right.
(b) Africa has no future.
(c) The black man is inferior.
(d) They should pattern themselves after the Europeans.

3. Between which two countries was the African railway built?
(a) Uganda-Kenya.
(b) Ethiopia-Uganda.
(c) Kenya-Cairo.
(d) Rwanda-Kenya.

4. What are the stomach contents of the sacrificial animal mixed with during the harvesting ceremony?
(a) Spices.
(b) Sap of a tree and the bark.
(c) Fruit and nuts.
(d) Ground up fish.

5. To what or whom does an elder recite a prayer at the planting ceremony?
(a) Rain dancers.
(b) Future harvest.
(c) Gikuyu God.
(d) Mountain.

Short Answer Questions

1. When is the piercing of the child's lobe done?

2. From whom did the Gikuyu buy land when they moved southward?

3. What is a moherega?

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

5. For what did the Europeans condemn the Gikuyus?

(see the answer key)

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