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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Introduction and Preface.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What quote from William James was in the Introduction to the book?
(a) "Progress is a terrible thing."
(b) "Beware of anthropologists."
(c) "Beware of ethnic prejudice."
(d) "Intuition is more important than mere facts,:

2. Which class helped Mr. Kenyatta become an excellent ethnographer?
(a) Anthropology class in Paris.
(b) Economics class in Kenya.
(c) Discussion class in London.
(d) Discussion class in Berlin.

3. During what years did the Hilton Young Commission on land tenure take place?
(a) 1928-29.
(b) 1930-31.
(c) 1931-33.
(d) 1927-28.

4. What does Mr. Kenyatta recognize which is all important?
(a) His lack of education.
(b) His love of the European culture.
(c) The danger of his own bias.
(d) The danger of fame and fortune.

5. What is the study of the German people by German scholars called?
(a) Studium des deutchen Volkes.
(b) Volkskunde.
(c) Taegliches Leben des deutschen Volkes.
(d) Deutsche Gechichte.

Short Answer Questions

1. Into how many administrative districts is the Gikuyu territory divided?

2. How many of the Gikuyu live as squatters on farms on European land?

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

4. What is the approximate population of the Gikuyu country?

5. What was Kenyatta's grandfather?

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