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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year was the big land case brought before the Supreme Court in Nairobi?
(a) 1923.
(b) 1921.
(c) 1922.
(d) 1920.

2. How did the Gikuyu lose most of their lands?
(a) Through selling their land to the Europeans.
(b) Through fighting with the Europeans.
(c) Through their magnanimity.
(d) Through deserting their lands and moving southward.

3. During what years did Kenyatta start and edit the first Gikuyu journal?
(a) 1925-1928.
(b) 1930-1935.
(c) 1927-1932.
(d) 1928-1930.

4. To whom did Kenyatta act as interpreter to in his big land case?
(a) Chief Lundita.
(b) Chief Kioi.
(c) Chief Kmaha.
(d) Chief Lambata.

5. What was the name of the second Royal Commission on land tenure?
(a) Nairobi Royal Commission.
(b) Royal Committee of Kenya.
(c) Joint Committee on the Closer Union of East Africa.
(d) British-Gikuyu Royal Commission.

6. What qualities does Mr. Kenyatta display which are rare among students of social science?
(a) Bravery and diligence.
(b) Intelligence and humility.
(c) Outspokenness and honesty.
(d) Curiosity and persistence.

7. What is a moherega?
(a) Gikuyu of the warrior class.
(b) Farmer.
(c) Gikuyu clan.
(d) Hunter.

8. To whom does Kenyatta write that he is indebted to concerning technical advice on anthropological points?
(a) Dr. Albert Schmidt.
(b) Dr. James Woodman.
(c) Dr. Raymond Firth.
(d) Dr. William Forth.

9. What were the people who lived in the forests called?
(a) Aathi.
(b) Masai.
(c) Ndorobo.
(d) Gumba.

10. What does a Gikuyu woman call the parcel of land she is allowed to cultivate?
(a) My land.
(b) My property.
(c) My garden.
(d) My earth.

11. How long is a Gikuyu warrior's spear?
(a) Over six feet long.
(b) Between 3 and 4 feet.
(c) Between five and six feet.
(d) Four feet long.

12. What were the Gikuyus made to know by the Europeans?
(a) They should pattern themselves after the Europeans.
(b) Might is right.
(c) The black man is inferior.
(d) Africa has no future.

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

14. The ore is reduced to ____________.
(a) "Chips."
(b) "Blooms."
(c) "Chards."
(d) "Fragments."

15. Where was the resting place of the Divider of the Universe, the creator of the Gikuyu tribe?
(a) Mt. Kenya.
(b) In the jungles of Kenya.
(c) Beside Victoria Falls.
(d) Mt. Kilimanjaro.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the Gkuyu word for witch doctor?

2. From whom did the Gikuyu buy land when they moved southward?

3. Which class helped Mr. Kenyatta become an excellent ethnographer?

4. How do the Masai regard cultivation of the soil?

5. From whom did the Gikuyu buy grain?

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