This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Regions > Native American > Native American Literature – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Native American Literature Quiz 1 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Leopard:The leopard turns to the blacksmith for help because A) The blacksmith has helped him with problems in the past. B) He knows the blacksmith can make powerful teeth and claws. C) He needs a human to help him figure out what to do next. D) The blacksmith will be so scared of him, he will cooperate. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He knows the blacksmith can make powerful teeth and claws. 2. Which of the following explains a tribal song? A) Music without lyrics. B) Lyrics containing cultural wisdom. C) Drum beat accompanied by dancing. D) Poem recited aloud. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lyrics containing cultural wisdom. 3. The blind old man, who stumbled over fallen logs, wanted the young man's eyes. A) Correct. B) Needs revision. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Needs revision. 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? A) YES. B) NO. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) YES. 5. What type of story would most likely tell how the Earth was formed? A) Origin and Emergence. B) Trickster. C) Historical Narrative. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Origin and Emergence. 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 ..... A) Paradox. B) Theme. C) Symbolism. D) Memoir. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Theme. 7. Native American Literature uses a lot of human characters, but they also utilize what: A) Drawings. B) Make-believe characters. C) Animals. D) Videos. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Animals. 8. Leopard:The leopard first reacts to the animals' betrayal by A) Fighting. B) Hiding. C) Snarling. D) Weeping. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Weeping. 9. HWWM:Why do the animals want the Great Buzzard to return to them? A) They are worried that he would get lost and not find his way home. B) He is clearly not following their instructions. C) They know he is getting too tired to keep flying. D) He is making too many mountains on the land. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He is making too many mountains on the land. 10. The boy exclaimed "My friend, we are now comrades for life." A) Correct. B) Needs revision. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Needs revision. 11. "When Grizzlies Walked Upright" highlights the theme of: A) Disobedience. B) Marriage. C) Rituals. D) Happiness. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Disobedience. 12. Foreshadow A) To place hints or bits of information that will lead the reader to an anticipation of the outcome of the narrative. The opening parts of a novel or a short-story will often hold elements of foreshadowing. B) The central idea or ideas the writer wishes to share with the reader; the idea may be a lesson about life or about people and their actions. C) Visually descriptive or figurative language, especially in a literary work. D) The choice and use of words and phrases in speech or writing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To place hints or bits of information that will lead the reader to an anticipation of the outcome of the narrative. The opening parts of a novel or a short-story will often hold elements of foreshadowing. 13. How were Native American stories and poems originally passed down? A) Through oral tradition. B) Through written texts. C) Through dreams. D) Through morse code. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Through oral tradition. 14. A pattern that appears in literature and repeated through the ages is known as a(n) ..... A) Example of oral literature. B) Metaphor. C) Archetype. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Archetype. 15. Which of the following is NOT a typical symbol / archetype in Native American Literature? A) Water. B) Trees. C) Cardinal Directions. D) A Cross. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A Cross. 16. What type of story would give the Native American's version of the coming of the Europeans? A) Trickster Tale. B) Earth Diver Story. C) Historical Narrative. D) Origin & Emergence Stories. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Historical Narrative. 17. What is a myth's role in a culture? A) A myth is a factual account of historical events. B) A myth is a projection of an individual's dreams. C) A myth represents a culture's relationship with the surrounding world and universe. D) A myth is a simple and straightforward narrative. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A myth represents a culture's relationship with the surrounding world and universe. 18. The Iroquois contributed which idea listed below to the U.S. Constitution? A) Federalism. B) Double Jeopardy. C) Jury of Peers. D) Power in the hands of the people. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Federalism. 19. The first interactions between the English Settlers and the Native Americans was: A) Storytelling. B) Trading. C) War. D) Introductions over dinner. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Trading. 20. A group of people with a strong common interest/ a group of close-knit and interrelated families A) Imagery. B) Allegory. C) Elder. D) Clan. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Clan. Next →Related QuizzesRegions QuizzesNative American Literature Quiz 2Native American Literature Quiz 3Native American Literature Quiz 4Native American Literature Quiz 5Native American Literature Quiz 6Native American Literature Quiz 7Native American Literature Quiz 8Native American Literature Quiz 9Native American Literature Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books