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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Kenyatta gave evidence before the Morris Carter Kenya Land Commission in London in what year?

3. What were the people who lived in the forests called?

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

5. What was the short name of the famous medicine man of the Gikuyu who prophesied the coming of Europeans with guns?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the Gikuyu society change from a matriarchal to a patriarchal society?

2. What are sheep and goats used for in Gikuyu society?

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

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

5. Describe the Gikuyu hut of a woman.

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

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

8. What is considered to be the most important aspect of Gikuyu society and why?

9. What work do the Gikuyu women do?

10. How are the cultural and historical traditions of the Gikuyu people handed down from generation to generation?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choose two of the following essay topics.

1) What role does a Gikuyu mother play in the education of Gikuyu children?

2) What role does a Gikuyu father play in the education of his sons?

3) Why does Kenyatta feel European education would cause the downfall of the Gikuyu society?

Essay Topic 2

Choose two of the following essay topics.

1) List the eleven types of Gikuyu magic.

2) Describe how charm and protective magic is used to protect one from wild animals and harmful entities.

3) Describe the love magic used to obtain the love of many for an individual.

Essay Topic 3

Choose two of the following essay topics.

1) Describe the history of the Gikuyu system of government. How and why did it become a democratic government?

2) Describe how the Gikuyu Constitution was written and what it contains.

3) List the different Gikuyu councils. Why are they important?

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