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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 create after he banished Erlik?

2. What is a Bandicoot?

3. What was the name of the eighth man Ulgen created?

4. According to chapter 11, in the beginning there was only water and what?

5. In chapter 6, Where did Ulgen see the face of a man?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the curse Maidere puts on Dog?

2. How were the woman's children born?

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

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

5. How were the lesser gods created?

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

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

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

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

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

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

Many of the creation myths presented in the book begin with water covering the earth. Why do you think this is? How is dry land created in the stories? Why is dry land created in the stories?

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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