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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. Where did Mawu live?

2. Where did Ulgen banish Erlik to as punishment?

3. Earth Starter created a mud ball with the mud Turtle brought back, how large did it get?

4. What did Tawis-karong create?

5. Which three gods were born first?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened to Karora and his sons?

2. Who is the creator of the world in chapter eight?

3. Why did Ulgen send Erlik down to be the leader of the dead spirits?

4. How were the woman's children born?

5. What did the seer tell Nayambi to do to the spider that helped him escape?

6. What is the curse Maidere puts on Dog?

7. What did Tawis-karong do to the animals he created?

8. How did Earth Starter create dry land?

9. How did Karora and the Bandicoots create man?

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

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

Both the raven in chapter one and Quat the Creator in chapter two design the earth to please mankind. What are some of the creations they make to please man? What does this say about these gods? What does it tell the reader about how they feel toward man?

Essay Topic 3

How many of the stories have a ruler of death, the dead or the underworld? How were these rulers created? Are they equal to the creator god? Why or why not? How can you tell? Are the rules of the dead fearful gods? Happy gods? Neither? Both? Use examples from the text to support your answer.

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