This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Regions > Native American > Native American Literature – Quiz 8 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Native American Literature Quiz 8 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The practice of storytelling to pass a group's memories, histories, and stories from one generation to the next A) Creation Myth. B) Myth. C) Storytelling. D) Oral Tradition. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Oral Tradition. 2. Which of the following is not a characteristic of Native American myths? A) Worship of nature. B) Reverence for nature. C) Importance of women. D) Interaction of the physical and spiritual world. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Worship of nature. 3. The purpose of Native American myths and legends was to ..... A) Provide entertainment. B) Be published and sold to make money for the various tribes. C) To teach about nature, spiritual beliefs, and the physical world. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To teach about nature, spiritual beliefs, and the physical world. 4. 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 A) Political system. B) Religious beliefs. C) View of harmony in nature. D) Tradition of oral literature. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) View of harmony in nature. 5. Endure A) Restore to life or consciousness. B) Visually descriptive or figurative language, especially in a literary work. C) Describing something that inspires attitudes of awe or reverence among believers in a given set of religious or spiritual ideas. D) Suffer (something painful or difficult). Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Suffer (something painful or difficult). 6. In the Chumash story "The Rainbow Bridge, " the goddess Hutash creates humans from ..... A) Seashells. B) Clay. C) Seeds. D) Seaweed. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Seeds. 7. What does a Trickster character do? A) He challenges or breaks the rules ofsociety to make a point. B) Plays tricks that typically backfire. C) Turns situations upside down and profanes beliefs. D) All the answers are correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All the answers are correct. 8. Which of the following is NOT a common "Trickster?" A) Coyote. B) Raven. C) Whale. D) Spider. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Whale. 9. If you are writing a letter to your boss, what type of language would you use? A) Standard English. B) Colloquial English. C) Slang, non-standard English. D) Informal language. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Standard English. 10. From the myth The World on the Turtle's Back, what can you conclude about the relationship between the Onandaga and their natural environment? A) High respect/low connection. B) Low respect/low connection. C) High respect/High connection. D) Low respect/high connection. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) High respect/High connection. 11. 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 A) Anecdote. B) Paradox. C) Refrain. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Paradox. 12. Most Native American literature was ..... ; it was told rather than written down. A) Endless circle. B) Interchangeable. C) Oral. D) Nature. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Oral. 13. What did the Native Americans trade for? A) Firearms, Steel Tools, and Textiles. B) Firearms, Medicine, and Food. C) Firearms, Steel Tools, and Clothing. D) Firearms, Food, and Clothing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Firearms, Steel Tools, and Textiles. 14. 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. A) Tadodaho. B) Hiawatha. C) Residence. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tadodaho. 15. Which of the following is an example of a Trickster Tale? A) "The Sky Tree". B) "The Sun Still Rises in the Same Sky". C) "Coyote Finishes His Work". D) "How America Was Discovered". Show Answer Correct Answer: C) "Coyote Finishes His Work". 16. Symbolism in a creation myth is when ..... A) A character's actions, an event, and/or an object represents a certain concept. B) A character(s) or event(s) represents a certain concept. C) An event(s) represent a certain concept. D) A character(s) actions represent a certain concept. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A character's actions, an event, and/or an object represents a certain concept. 17. Stories that explain natural phenomena and/or how things "came to be" are called: A) Origin Myths. B) Creation Myths. C) Trickster Tales. D) Religious Stories. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Creation Myths. 18. The main purpose of the hunter's song is to A) Entertain the hunter. B) Apologize to the deer. C) Praise the hunter's skills. D) Ensure that the hunt will be successful. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ensure that the hunt will be successful. 19. Which of the following best complete the sentence?The events were described in ..... A) Beneficial. B) Chronological order. C) Centrality. D) Prevails. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Chronological order. 20. Deganawida, the Great Peacemaker, worked with ..... to create a peace treaty between all of the Iroquois tribes. A) Tadodaho. B) Hiawatha. C) Jigonhsasee. D) None of above. 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