Native American Literature Quiz 1 (60 MCQs)

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1. Leopard:The leopard turns to the blacksmith for help because
2. Which of the following explains a tribal song?
3. The blind old man, who stumbled over fallen logs, wanted the young man's eyes.
4. A student takes an author's writing and copies it word for word without using quotes or parenthetical citations. Is the student guilty of plagiarism?
5. What type of story would most likely tell how the Earth was formed?
6. The main idea or underlying meaning a writer explores in a novel, short story, or other literary work, also referred to as the author's message .....
7. Native American Literature uses a lot of human characters, but they also utilize what:
8. Leopard:The leopard first reacts to the animals' betrayal by
9. HWWM:Why do the animals want the Great Buzzard to return to them?
10. The boy exclaimed "My friend, we are now comrades for life."
11. "When Grizzlies Walked Upright" highlights the theme of:
12. How were Native American stories and poems originally passed down?
13. A pattern that appears in literature and repeated through the ages is known as a(n) .....
14. Which of the following is NOT a typical symbol / archetype in Native American Literature?
15. What type of story would give the Native American's version of the coming of the Europeans?
16. What is a myth's role in a culture?
17. The Iroquois contributed which idea listed below to the U.S. Constitution?
18. The first interactions between the English Settlers and the Native Americans was:
19. A group of people with a strong common interest/ a group of close-knit and interrelated families
20. What type of story is a type of folk tale that features an character who engages in deceit, violence, and magic?
21. Which twin rules in the day time?
22. What invention was created by the Native Americans?
23. In "When the Storm God Rides, " the god lives
24. Which tribe of the Iroquois nation wrote "The World on the Turtle's Back" ?
25. Restore to life or consciousness.
26. The right-handed twin takes control of
27. What role did spiritual beliefs play in Native American cultures?
28. This type of story explains how the world and things in it came to be.
29. A very old, imaginative pattern that appears in literature across cultures and is repeated through the ages
30. Sky Tree:What does the role of the water animals in the creation of Earth suggest about Native American attitudes toward other living creatures?
31. The number two/duality is important in Native American poetry because
32. Hutash turned the Chumash who fell from the Rainbow Bridge into .....
33. In "When Grizzlies Walked Upright, " the SKy Spirit was angry because:
34. The Iroquois Confederacy was formed ..... years prior to the U.S. Constitution?
35. Are tricksters an archetype?
36. HWWM:The one task that some of the plants and animals fail to do is
37. A pattern, symbol, or character type that repeats across cultures is called a(n):
38. All are genres found in Native American oral tradition except:
39. Although animals play important roles in Native American myths, it is human beings that are given divine powers.
40. Which of the following is an example of an Earth Diver story?
41. What is one thing most Native American cultures had in common with one another?
42. What is a creation myth?
43. ..... is when a specific symbol, story, or pattern shows up in myths across multiple cultures around the world.
44. ..... is used to compare to undying nature.
45. What is a common characteristic of Native American myths?
46. Which of the following brings about the death of Coyote's cow?
47. What did the Sky Chief's wife have in her hand when she fell from Skyland in Earth on Turtle's Back?
48. Language and tone are determined by .....
49. Which folktale features a culture's gods and heroes?
50. What two figurative languages devices do Native Americans use primarily:
51. How did Native Americans migrate to the Americas?
52. When the twins create animals and plants, this is meant to represent .....
53. What natural land form's creation is explained in "When Grizzlies Walked Upright?"
54. Trickster stories attempt to .....
55. Which statement is NOT true of oral societies?
56. Archetypal characters appear in literature across different cultures in a specific period.
57. "The Earth on Turtle's Back" highlights the theme of:
58. Which type of story would be most likely to tell of the history of the tribe?
59. What do Native American creation stories primarily explain?
60. Native American tribes were often part of different .....