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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 of the conversation about the ill brother?
(a) It was joyful.
(b) It was short.
(c) It was uncomfortable for everyone.
(d) It lasted all night.

2. What was Satre, according to Keith Basso?
(a) A good ethnographer.
(b) A modern philosopher.
(c) A captivating anti-hero.
(d) A modern author.

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

4. Who founded the project that the chairman of the White Mountain Apache Tribe suggested to Keith Basso?
(a) The National Science Foundation.
(b) The National Map Foundation.
(c) The National Ethnology Foundation.
(d) The National Sociology Foundation.

5. What does Basso say all human cultures have beliefs about?
(a) How to elect leaders.
(b) Who created them.
(c) What the sun is.
(d) How language works.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Basso say ecological studies cannot fully account for?

2. Who does Basso say were often concerned with the connection between American Indian communities and their ecological settings?

3. What do sagas focus on?

4. When did Dudley fall off his horse, according to Basso?

5. How long did Keith Basso's project take?

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