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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through System of Education, Initiation of Boys and Girls and Sex Life among Yong People.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Kenyatta gave evidence before the Morris Carter Kenya Land Commission in London in what year?
(a) 1933.
(b) 1931.
(c) 1932.
(d) 1934.

2. How do the mother and the nurse educate the very young?
(a) Through lullabies.
(b) With toys.
(c) Through poems.
(d) Through stories.

3. How long does a well built hut usually last?
(a) Ten or more years.
(b) Seven or more years.
(c) Five or more years.
(d) One or more years.

4. Under what kind of tree did Gikuyu and his family find nine young men to marry Gikuyu's daughters?
(a) Banyan tree.
(b) Lemon tree.
(c) Banana tree.
(d) Fig tree.

5. The educated, intellectual minority of Africans were dismissed as ___________.
(a) "Stupid natives."
(b) "Agitators."
(c) "Fools."
(d) "Dreamers."

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the Gikuyu word for courtship fondling?

3. What was Kenyatta's grandfather?

4. When does a man become a member of the Court of Elders?

5. What do the fathers teach their young sons?

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