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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. Why did Alatangana create plants and animals?

2. What does a person hear when they are called to death?

3. How did Sa feel about Alatangana's request to marry his daughter?

4. According to the story, why is there a separation between the races?

5. What did Quat's brothers think was happening when they began to feel sleepy?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who was Phan Ku?

2. What were Alatangana's children like?

3. What did the woman want the Old Man to decide?

4. Who were the first men created by Quat and what were they made of?

5. Describe Sa's home?

6. How many gods are responsible for creation in chapter three?

7. Describe the first man who fell from a pea pod in chapter one.

8. Why was Sa upset when Alatangana married his daughter?

9. How did Phan Ku's body contribute to the creation of the world?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Often the sun and moon are seen as opposites. One is said to exist before the other.

1) Which stories begin with darkness?

2) Which stories begin with light?

3) Do more stories begin with darkness or with light? Why might this be?

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast the twin gods in chapter eight with the twin gods in chapter eleven.

How are they alike?

How are they different?

What is the relationship like between Mawu and Lisa?

What is the relationship like between Tawis-karong and Tijus-keha?

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