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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. On what day is the woman admitted into the husband's clan?
(a) The nineth.
(b) The seventh.
(c) The sixth.
(d) The eighth.

2. For what is the man's hut used?
(a) Storing weapons and living.
(b) Family gatherings.
(c) Religious ceremonies.
(d) Sleeping and greeting visitors.

3. What kind of games do the young Gikuyu play?
(a) Pretend fighting and house.
(b) Singing songs.
(c) Hide and Go Seek.
(d) Climbing trees.

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

5. When is a man initiated into the council of peace?
(a) When a man owns his own hut and land.
(b) When a man has a child to be circumcised.
(c) When a man is 50 years old.
(d) When a man marries.

Short Answer Questions

1. When do the Gikuyu make sacrifices to their god?

2. What is the first stage of Gikuyu courtship?

3. What is a name of the Gikuyu God?

4. The educated, intellectual minority of Africans were dismissed as ___________.

5. What united people in Africa against Western influence, above all against Great Britain and the United States?

(see the answer key)

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