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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 Spider lower a thread for Nyambi?

2. What fell from the sky?

3. What is the name of the bad twin?

4. What instrument did Erlik play for the woman?

5. What sprang up over where the divine woman was buried?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How were the lesser gods created?

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

4. How did Karora and the Bandicoots create man?

5. What is the curse Maidere puts on Dog?

6. Who are Mawu and Lisa and what do they rule?

7. How did Earth Starter create dry land?

8. Where is Karora asleep when as chapter nine begins?

9. How and why are women created?

10. How were the woman's children born?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 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

Compare and contrast some of the stories of Wulbari (chapter ten) and Nyambi (chapter twelve).

How are the gods similar?

How are the gods different?

Who is Wulbari's nemesis?

Who is Nyambi's nemesis?

What are some similarities between the stories?

What are some differences between the stories?

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