Facing Mount Kenya; the Tribal Life of Gikuyu Test | Final Test - Hard

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 113 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Facing Mount Kenya; the Tribal Life of Gikuyu Test | Final Test - Hard

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 113 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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. How do the mother and the nurse educate the very young?

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

3. How does a Gikuyu marriage come about?

4. What is the school in the Gikuyu nation?

5. To what or whom does an elder recite a prayer at the planting ceremony?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is considered the sound of Ngai's movement? What is his weapon?

3. What are the three types of Gikuyu spirituality?

4. Why does Kenyatta defend the clitoridectomy of Gikuyu girls?

5. Describe the planting ceremony.

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

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

8. What is circumcision required for among Gikuyus?

9. How did the Gikuyu society become democratic?

10. What does the Gikuyu father teach his son?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choose two of the following essay topics.

1) Describe hate magic and when it is used.

2) What is destructive magic considered to be by the Gikuyu people? How do they view it? What happened to people who practiced it before the Europeans came?

3) Describe how witch's poison is made. Who knows how to make it? What does it contain?

Essay Topic 2

Choose two of the following essay topics.

1) Why is the love magic to obtain the love of many for one considered dangerous?

2) What are the more popular kinds of love magic?

3) Describe what is done in healing magic.

Essay Topic 3

Choose two of the following essay topics.

1) How did the making of iron come about in the Gikuyu tribe?

2) Describe how the Gikuyu make iron.

3) What do the Gikuyus make out of iron?

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