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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. Under the Constitution that was drawn up after the Gikuyu people became democratic, what were all young men supposed to be?
(a) Warriors.
(b) Married.
(c) Elders.
(d) Agriculturists.

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

3. What is done the day before the circumcision operation?
(a) The head is shaved.
(b) A bracelet with bells is put around the ankle.
(c) Feathers are put in the hair.
(d) The body is painted red and white.

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

5. When the man has a hut suitable for his wife what happens?
(a) He builds the sacred fire in the middle of the hut.
(b) He begins furnishing it.
(c) He takes her to the hut himself.
(d) The bride is taken to his hut by his female relatives.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the Gikuyu people finally kill the evil spirits?

2. What does Kenyatta think the European teacher coming to Africa should do?

3. Who leads the initiates to the homestead?

4. What do the girls and their sponsors do in the hut on the day of circumcision?

5. What do the fathers teach their young sons?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the Gikuyu father teach his son?

2. What are the three types of Gikuyu spirituality?

3. Whom do the Gikuyu worship as God?

4. Describe the planting ceremony.

5. Describe the initiation of a Gikuyu girl.

6. What happens once all the dowry animals are paid to the parents of the bride?

7. What does a Gikuyu mother teach her children?

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

9. What are reasons for divorce in Gikuyu society?

10. Describe the stages of youth in the Gikuyu society.

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