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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. What did the chairman of the White Mountain Apache Tribe suggest Keith Basso do?
(a) Create a dictionary.
(b) Leave his land.
(c) To become the tribe lawyer.
(d) A map of the land of his tribe.

2. What grants did Keith Basso receive to do his work in Indian country?
(a) The Smithsonian Institution.
(b) The Anthropological Anonymous Association.
(c) The National Science Group of Anthropology.
(d) The Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research.

3. What does Basso say the Western Apache discourse is a product of?
(a) Interlocking utterances and actions.
(b) Stories.
(c) Inative syllables.
(d) Utterance and inaction.

4. What years was Keith Basso's project spread across?
(a) 1975-1982.
(b) 1979-1984.
(c) 1979-1981.
(d) 1976-1984.

5. What does Keith Basso say may have us feel threatened?
(a) Dangerous names.
(b) Threats to our attachment to a place.
(c) Threats to our body.
(d) Dark places.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Lola provide Basso that allowed him to understand the conversation about the ill brother?

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"?

3. What does Basso say the story might have been?

4. What happened to the girl in the story told by the group, in Chapter 3?

5. What did Basso use to explain the effect of symbolism on individuals?

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