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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. What did Earth Starter make last?
2. What covered Karora as he slept?
3. What did Ulgen ask Maidere?
4. Where did Ulgen banish Erlik to as punishment?
5. Where did Mawu live?
Short Essay Questions
1. What did Tawis-karong do to the animals he created?
2. How were plants of the earth created?
3. Why did Ulgen send Erlik down to be the leader of the dead spirits?
4. How did Karora and the Bandicoots create man?
5. What does Maidere tell Ulgen the reason is for the fact that the men never change?
6. What was the world like in the beginning of chapter seven?
7. Where is Karora asleep when as chapter nine begins?
8. What caused Nayambi to want to be free from Kamonu?
9. How did Earth Starter create light for the earth?
10. What happened after Karora burst from the ground?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Compare and contrast some of the stories of Wulbari (chapter ten) and Nyambi (chapter twelve).
How are the gods similar?
How are the gods different?
Who is Wulbari's nemesis?
Who is Nyambi's nemesis?
What are some similarities between the stories?
What are some differences between the stories?
Essay Topic 2
How does the story of Sa and Alatangana (chapter three) attempt to explain the different cultures, languages and races that populate the earth? Are these differences considered good or bad? Provide details from the text to support your answer.
Essay Topic 3
Which stories involve a trickster? What are the characteristics of a trickster? How do things usually end up for the trickster? Give examples from the text in your answer.
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