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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What was the name of the chief who entered into a treaty with the Europeans and was then deported and died on his way to the coast?
(a) Kikumboo.
(b) Kaigumbi.
(c) Waiyaki
(d) Wukumbi.

3. Which animals are the most valuable to the Gikuyus?
(a) Cattle.
(b) Horses and cattle.
(c) Pigs and calves.
(d) Sheep and goats.

4. What is the value of a bull or ox in terms of sheep or goats.
(a) Seven sheep or goats.
(b) Four sheep or goats.
(c) Five sheep or goats.
(d) Six sheep or goats.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does a Gikuyu woman call the parcel of land she is allowed to cultivate?

2. How does one say my or our mother in Gikuyu?

3. What has become the attitude of modern social science?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened when the descendents of Gikuyu outgrew the land?

2. Why does Malinkowski write that we can't criticize Kenyatta for belief in magic?

3. What is Kenyatta speaking of when he refers to those "professional friends of the African"?

4. Where is the country of the Gikuyu located? How many different administrative districts exist? What is the approximate population?

5. Explain the place of the father in the Gikuyu society.

6. How are the children in the Gikuyu tribe viewed?

7. What enabled Kenyatta to write an ethnography of the Gikuyu tribe?

8. List some of the activities Kenyatta participated in which make him an excellent representative of his tribe.

9. What do the Gikuyu do for a living?

10. To whom is Kenyatta particularly indebted to in the writing of the book?

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