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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 man think of the sheep?

2. What created human suffering?

3. What did he drink from?

4. How did the drink make him feel inside?

5. How many years did Phan Ku live?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did the raven decide to make the bear?

2. How did the woman and child come into being?

3. Why might the god in chapter four burst out from an egg?

4. How were Quat and his brothers created in chapter two?

5. How did Old Man decide if mankind would live forever or die?

6. What did Quat create after he traveled to the far edge of the sky?

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

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

9. What were Alatangana's children like?

10. What did Phan Ku look like?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why do cultures have a need to explain the origins of man, the earth and the heavens? How do the stories presented in the book help to explain these things? Give specific examples from the text to support your answer.

Essay Topic 2

Almost all of the creators in the myths presented are male. Why do so many stories feature men? What does this tell the reader about the cultures the stories come from?

Essay Topic 3

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.

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