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Native American Literature Quiz 3 (60 MCQs)

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1. The Wildcat in "The Adventures of Great Rabbit" lost his tail at the end of the story. This helps to explain .....
2. Native Americans' story telling is their primary means of communicating and teaching about the physical world and the social order.
3. In "The World on the Turtle's Back, " both twins represent .....
4. Most Native American Literature was not considered "valid" (or "real") because:
5. What type of literature was often passed down orally through generations?
6. "The Sky Tree" and "Coyote Finishes His Work" are titles of .....
7. Why does the man go to the Great Tree at the beginning of the myth?
8. One of the prevalent themes of the Native American Literature is that humans are seen as a part of nature; they must maintain a right relationship with the world around them.
9. The woman in "The World on the Turtle's Back" grew angry at her husband and pushed him through the hole.
10. Trickster is a culture hero that places order back into the word.
11. Which of the following would best describe the relationship between the Native Americans and animals?
12. Tone refers to .....
13. Trickster tales always end in
14. How do many Native American myths explain natural phenomena?
15. Leopard:What is the primary reason the animals want to build a shelter?
16. What was the importance of the Native American oral tradition?
17. The practice of storytelling to pass a group's memories, histories, and stories from one generation to the next
18. Which of the following is not a characteristic of Native American myths?
19. The purpose of Native American myths and legends was to .....
20. Read the following passage from the myth.The plant-eating animals created by the right-handed twin would eat up all the vegetation if their number was not kept down by the meat-eating animals which the left-handed twin created. But if these carnivorous animals ate too many other animals then they would starve, for they would run out of meat.This passage most clearly reveals the Iroquois
21. In the Chumash story "The Rainbow Bridge, " the goddess Hutash creates humans from .....
22. What does a Trickster character do?
23. Which of the following is NOT a common "Trickster?"
24. If you are writing a letter to your boss, what type of language would you use?
25. From the myth The World on the Turtle's Back, what can you conclude about the relationship between the Onandaga and their natural environment?
26. Read the following sentence from the myth.And the left-handed twin died, but he died and he didn't die.This sentence is an example of a/an
27. Most Native American literature was ..... ; it was told rather than written down.
28. What did the Native Americans trade for?
29. The first clan mother of the Iroquois, Jigonhsasee, was able to convince ....., an evil warlord in the Onondaga tribe, to join the Iroqouis Confederacy. He became the Chief of Chiefs as long as he always remained peaceful.
30. Which of the following is an example of a Trickster Tale?
31. Symbolism in a creation myth is when .....
32. Stories that explain natural phenomena and/or how things "came to be" are called:
33. The main purpose of the hunter's song is to
34. Which of the following best complete the sentence?The events were described in .....
35. Deganawida, the Great Peacemaker, worked with ..... to create a peace treaty between all of the Iroquois tribes.
36. Which of the following best complete the sentence?The smell of perfume ..... images of my mother
37. Who normally receives credit for the authorship of Native American poems?
38. What disease led to the collapse of the Native Americans?
39. The survivors of the Pequot War were beheaded or .....
40. Which of the following beliefs was shared by the majority of Native American tribes regarding the human soul?
41. The action of introducing something.
42. Which of the following is an example of a Historical Narrative?
43. Native Americans had written language systems.
44. Refers to the time and place in which the action occurs
45. The arrows that the man brings to the girl represent
46. HWWM:Why don't the animals go down to Earth as soon as it is created?
47. Most Native American stories and myths were passed on:
48. True or False. The term myth implies disbelief in the story it conveys.
49. The purpose of this was to explain the natural world such as how life or Earth came to be.
50. What makes a creation myth different from other myths?
51. What was a key characteristic of Native American societies?
52. This made him very thirsty, so he took the raw-hide rope and followed it to the stream.
53. Why is the number four significant in Native American poetry?
54. What do trickster tales often use to achieve their goals?
55. "Hello, Grandfather and Grandmother, " exclaimed the youth, "I have brought your child."
56. A student is writing a research paper. She documents each source that she uses in her paper. She uses parenthetical citations when she uses a direct quote, summarizes, or paraphrases. Is she at a high risk of committing plagiarism?
57. What Native American object is being shown in the picture?
58. When the woman falls from the Sky-World, the actions of the animals show they .....
59. What is a stomp dance?
60. What is a trickster tale?
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