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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 has become the attitude of modern social science?
(a) "Tolerance is all-important."
(b) "Going out into the world is all-important."
(c) "Anthropology begins at home."
(d) "Know thyself."

2. Where did Kenyatta live when he was learning the methods of warfare?
(a) In Nairobi.
(b) On the Serengeti plain.
(c) Near Ngare Narok.
(d) Near Mt. Kilimanjaro.

3. What was Kenyatta's grandfather?
(a) An elder.
(b) A warrior.
(c) A seer and a magician.
(d) A hunter and a farmer.

4. How does Mr. Kenyatta present the facts?
(a) With anger.
(b) Sorrowfully.
(c) With great passion.
(d) Objectively without feeling.

5. What is the key to the life of the Gikuyu?
(a) Land tenure.
(b) Warfare practices.
(c) Magic.
(d) Ceremonies.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. During what years did Kenyatta start and edit the first Gikuyu journal?

4. What was the name of the second Royal Commission on land tenure?

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

(see the answer key)

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