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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 musical instruments are used to chase away evil spirits?
(a) Flutes,.
(b) Magic sticks.
(c) Drums.
(d) Horns.

2. What is the school in the Gikuyu nation?
(a) The home.
(b) Mt. Kenya.
(c) A special hut.
(d) The outdoors.

3. How many sheep are slaughtered for the marriage feast?
(a) Four.
(b) Five.
(c) Six.
(d) Seven.

4. When an animal is to be sacrificed to God, where is the ceremony held?
(a) At a sacred tree.
(b) In the woman's hut.
(c) On the top of Mount Kenya.
(d) In a clearing in the jungle.

5. What are the stomach contents of the sacrificial animal mixed with during the harvesting ceremony?
(a) Fruit and nuts.
(b) Sap of a tree and the bark.
(c) Spices.
(d) Ground up fish.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the fathers teach their young sons?

2. Under the Constitution that was drawn up after the Gikuyu people became democratic, what were all young men supposed to be?

3. What serves as churches for the Gikuyu?

4. Where are the strips of the sacrificial animal buried ?

5. What is the fourth stage of the marriage arrangements?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the three types of Gikuyu spirituality?

2. What does Kenyatta hope his analysis of the educational system of the Gikuyu will help the Europeans understand?

3. Describe the initiation of a Gikuyu girl.

4. How many wives does a Gikuyu man usually have? How many husbands does a Gikuyu woman usually have?

5. How did the Gikuyu society become democratic?

6. What must a Gikuyu boy do when he wants to get married?

7. What happens if rain fails to fall normally?

8. What happens when a man has a hut suitable for his wife?

9. What is the school in the Gikuyu nation? How do the mothers and nurses educate the very young?

10. Where do the Gikuyu worship?

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