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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 Ulgen give the man?

2. What curse did Maidere put on Dog?

3. In chapter 8, what is the Great Mother's name?

4. Why was the god upset?

5. What fell from the sky?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Karora and the Bandicoots create man?

2. How were plants of the earth created?

3. What happened after Karora burst from the ground?

4. How were the lesser gods created?

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

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

7. What is the curse Maidere puts on Dog?

8. Why is Wulbari upset in the beginning of chapter ten?

9. How was the earth created in chapter eleven?

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

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.

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 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?

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