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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Tribal Origin and Kinship System and The Gikuyu System of Land Tenure.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did the Gikuyus explain the relation of their tribe with the Europeans?
(a) With a story about a Rhinoceros and a man.
(b) With a story about a lion with a man.
(c) With a story about an elephant and a man.
(d) With the story of a fox and a man.

2. Which two men are responsible for undertaking the new drive in French folklore?
(a) Proust and Lamartine.
(b) Baudelaire and Saint Exupery.
(c) Riviere and Varagniac.
(d) Victor Hugo and Balzac.

3. What is riika?
(a) Initiation of a girl.
(b) Group of Gikuyu elders.
(c) Age-grading among the Gikuyu.
(d) Initiation of a boy.

4. Into how many administrative districts is the Gikuyu territory divided?
(a) Four.
(b) Six.
(c) Five.
(d) Three.

5. What is the worst thing a Gikuyu man can do to infuriate another?
(a) Insult his mother.
(b) Sleep with his wife.
(c) Spit on him.
(d) Get the witchdoctor to cast a spell on him.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the prophesy of the Gikuyu medicine man, what was the color of the bodies of the men who were to come out of the big water?

2. Where are the author's credentials written in a book?

3. What was Kenyatta's grandfather?

4. Where did Kenyatta live when he was learning the methods of warfare?

5. What quote from William James was in the Introduction to the book?

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