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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 was Nick just recovering from in 1981, according to Basso?

2. How many major genres did Cibecue narratives have?

3. What does Basso say the enforcement of norms occurs through for the Cibecue?

4. What happened to the girl in the story told by the group, in Chapter 3?

5. What does Basso say historical tales are often about?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do younger Apache feel about village life, according to Basso?

2. What does Nick Thompson encourage Basso to do in June 1980, and what did Nick maintain about the Western Apache?

3. What was the story of the Line of White Rocks Extends Up and Out?

4. What do place-names generate?

5. What happens to children who do not learn to tie places and names?

6. What difficulty do linguists have with Western Apache?

7. Where is the Cibecue settlement located?

8. What can't materialist models not give an explanation of?

9. What does Basso advise people to pay attention to, in "Chapter 2, Stalking with Stories?"

10. What does Basso claim about the Apache understanding of communication?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the Western Apache theory of wisdom and how it relates to the notion of self.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the cognitive associations generated by using place-names and the significance of each.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss and define the role of anthropology and ethnography in studying and preserving native cultures.

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