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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 tell the mother and child to do on the fourth day?
2. Why did the woman throw a stone in the water?
3. What was different about six of Alatangana's children?
4. Where did the Old Man go in his travels?
5. What would have happened to man if the Fool had not created death?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why might the Eskimo's contribute the creation of pea-pods, and man, to birds?
2. Why did the raven decide to make the bear?
3. How many gods are responsible for creation in chapter three?
4. What did the woman want the Old Man to decide?
5. Quat is the solar god of the Bank Islands. What parts of his story have to do with the sunlight and creation?
6. Who is the Old Man in chapter five?
7. What did Alatangana think about Sa's home?
8. Why didn't Quat the Fools puppets turn out like his brother's six puppets?
9. How did the woman and child come into being?
10. What were Alatangana's children like?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
The female characters in these stories fall into two distinct categories: mother and shrew.
1) Which stories feature females as mothers? Are these women considered to be the creator gods?
2) Which stories feature females as shrews? What is often the result of their misbehavior?
What do these myths tell the reader about the role of women in these cultures?
Essay Topic 2
The story of Karora is an imperfect creation story. What does this mean? Why is the the creation imperfect? Provide examples from the story to support your answer.
Essay Topic 3
What cultural values can be gleaned from the stories? Which are values that encourage certain behaviors? Which are values that discourage certain behaviors? How can you tell? Provide examples to support your conclusions.
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