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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. When did Mawu and Lisa come together to have children?

2. How did the woman die?

3. What did Maidere say people would throw at Dog?

4. What was the old woman doing when she poked Wulbari?

5. What was Maidere carrying when he came back from seeing Ulgen?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the first man created from in chapter six?

2. What does Maidere tell Ulgen the reason is for the fact that the men never change?

3. Why did Earth Starter create a lake for the people of the earth?

4. How did Earth Starter create dry land?

5. What was the world like in the beginning of chapter seven?

6. How did Earth Starter create light for the earth?

7. How did Mawu-Lisa treat the gods they created?

8. What happened while Maidere was seeking Ulgen's help?

9. What is Ananse and why is he sent on a quest by Wulbari?

10. What caused Nayambi to want to be free from Kamonu?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How do the stories deal with fate vs. free will? Are the people created int he different stories under the god(s) control? Do they have free will? Examine at least three of stories in your answer and provide details from the text to support your answers.

Essay Topic 2

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 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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