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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is defined as a sacred narrative explaining how the world and humankind came to be in their present form?
(a) Myth.
(b) Analogy.
(c) Creationism.
(d) Custom.

2. In Chekilli's creation story of the Creek people, the Kasihtas killed what great animal by sacrificing an orphan baby to it?
(a) A wolf.
(b) A tiger.
(c) A lion.
(d) A bear.

3. When was Eleazar Wheelock born?
(a) 1615.
(b) 1792.
(c) 1785.
(d) 1711.

4. The first known Europeans to reach the Americas were who during the 11th century?
(a) The Vikings.
(b) The Portugese.
(c) The Italians.
(d) The Druids.

5. Where was Eleazar Wheelock born?
(a) Boston, Massachusetts.
(b) London, England.
(c) Windham, Connecticut.
(d) Montauk, New York.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chekilli's creation story of the Creek people, the Kasihtas followed a tribe called what for many years over different kinds of terrain?

2. Smallpox is believed to have emerged in human populations about what time?

3. In the Iroquois creation story of John Norton's in Chapter 1, a "Great Spirit" punishes his daughter for what by casting her down a great hole in the heavens?

4. In Chekilli's creation story of the Creek people, the Kasihtas were attacked by the King of what with a bow and arrow?

5. Smallpox was responsible for how many estimated deaths during the 20th century?

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