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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, Speaking With Names.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long does Basso say he had known Nick Thompson?
(a) 22 years.
(b) 30 years.
(c) 25 years.
(d) 20 years.

2. What does Basso say ethnographers immersed in a foreign culture with a foreign language must be cautious and understanding of, in "Chapter 3, Speaking With Names"?
(a) "External realities are created from cultural concepts."
(b) "External realities are created from national concepts."
(c) "Internal realities are created from cultural concepts."
(d) "External realities are destroyed by cultural concepts."

3. 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.

4. What do the Cibecue think the land makes people?
(a) Moral.
(b) Immoral.
(c) Happy.
(d) Rich.

5. How many major genres did Cibecue narratives have?
(a) 4 major genres.
(b) 2 major genres.
(c) 5 major genres.
(d) 7 major genres.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are sagas meant for?

2. What is the translation of the name of the place Basso and Charles Henry were at?

3. What were the Apaches looking for that named the place Basso and Charles Henry were at?

4. What does Basso say historical tales are often about?

5. Where does Basso say the strength of the Apache language comes from?

(see the answer key)

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