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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, Wisdom Sits in Places, Epilogue.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Basso say names of places tended to indicate?
(a) A good imagination
(b) A larger population.
(c) A smaller clan.
(d) Wetter climates in early generations.

2. What does Keith Basso say were in short supply?
(a) Ethnographers exploring cultural dimensions of places.
(b) Apache-English dictionnary.
(c) Older Apache.
(d) Apache speaking elders.

3. What does Keith Basso say the sense of place is a possession of?
(a) Clans.
(b) Society.
(c) Tribes.
(d) Particular individuals.

4. In what state is the Cibecue settlement?
(a) Colorado.
(b) Arizona.
(c) Montana.
(d) New Mexico.

5. What does Keith Basso say places are a part of?
(a) Us.
(b) Society.
(c) The landscape.
(d) Maps.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to legend, why were the owners of Shades of Shit forced to stay home?

2. What does Basso argue Spicer judges the Apache with?

3. What does Basso say is difficult for linguists to explain?

4. What grants did Keith Basso receive to do his work in Indian country?

5. How does Basso describe Cibecue, in the "Epilogue"?

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