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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 the Old Man discover when he came to visit them each day?

2. According to the story, why are there black and white people all over the earth?

3. Who is Tangaro the Fool?

4. Where did Quat sail to create night?

5. How many women were created by Quat?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Alatangana think about Sa's home?

2. Why did Sa turn down Alatangana's marriage proposal?

3. What happens to man and the world as time passes in this story?

4. Who is the Old Man in chapter five?

5. What were Alatangana's children like?

6. Describe Sa's home?

7. Who was Phan Ku?

8. Quat is the solar god of the Bank Islands. What parts of his story have to do with the sunlight and creation?

9. Why didn't Quat the Fools puppets turn out like his brother's six puppets?

10. After Quat was born, he showed himself to be different than his brothers. What did Quat do that made him stand out?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Many of the stories have animals as main characters. Why is there a common theme about animals? Why might these cultures value animals so highly?

Essay Topic 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

Compare the Earth Starter myth in chapter seven with the Divine Woman myth in chapter eleven. How are these myths similar? Where are the cultures who tell these myths located? Why might their stories be similar?

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