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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 was the resting place of the Divider of the Universe, the creator of the Gikuyu tribe?
(a) Mt. Kenya.
(b) Beside Victoria Falls.
(c) Mt. Kilimanjaro.
(d) In the jungles of Kenya.

2. In what year was the big land case brought before the Supreme Court in Nairobi?
(a) 1922.
(b) 1921.
(c) 1920.
(d) 1923.

3. Where is the Gikuyu God supposed to reside?
(a) Mt. Kenya.
(b) Victoria Falls.
(c) Mt. Kilimanjaro.
(d) Lake Victoria.

4. What was the founder of the Gikuyu tribe called?
(a) Mogai.
(b) Mombassa.
(c) Moombi.
(d) Mowgli.

5. How does one say my or our mother in Gikuyu?
(a) Mooli.
(b) Maba.
(c) Maito.
(d) Moobi.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What musical instruments are used to chase away evil spirits?

3. To what or whom does an elder recite a prayer at the planting ceremony?

4. What is the worst thing a Gikuyu man can do to infuriate another?

5. How did the medicine man refer to the railway coming to Africa?

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