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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do tales force individuals to do?
(a) Kill themselves.
(b) Have fun.
(c) Admit social failings.
(d) Exile themselves.

2. What did the woman think of her ill brother, according to Basso?
(a) He was stupid.
(b) He was irresponsible.
(c) He was wise.
(d) He was good.

3. What does Basso say can only be studied through the property names and place-naming?
(a) Shared histoy and geographies.
(b) Shared meanings and geographies.
(c) Shared meanings and local rivers.
(d) History.

4. What do younger Apache find village life to be?
(a) Tedious.
(b) A good place to live.
(c) A place to worship.
(d) Fun.

5. What was Nick's comment as Basso left Cibecue?
(a) "Your work is invaluable."
(b) "You are a good friend."
(c) "I cannot work for you next season."
(d) "Goodness is all around Cibecue."

6. What does Basso say Robert emphasized?
(a) "He will get better with time."
(b) "Pleasantness and goodness will be forthcoming."
(c) "He will learn from his mistake."
(d) "Learning from one's mistake is hardly a human trait."

7. What does Basso say ecological studies focus on?
(a) Pollution.
(b) The planet.
(c) The plants.
(d) Systemic level.

8. What does speaking with names produce according to Basso?
(a) Stories.
(b) Better memory.
(c) Large sentences.
(d) A mental image.

9. What does Basso say generated a wide range of cognitive associations?
(a) Sagas.
(b) Stories.
(c) History.
(d) Place-names.

10. What does Basso say the place-names were used for by the woman whose brother was ill?
(a) To hear her ancestors.
(b) To complain about him.
(c) To wish for his speedy recovery.
(d) To quiet her down.

11. Who did Nick Thompson claim needed printed maps?
(a) Navajo.
(b) Women.
(c) Apache.
(d) White men.

12. What does Basso say infiltrated Western Apache society?
(a) Coal fired power plants.
(b) IRS agents.
(c) Casinos.
(d) American culture.

13. What did the people speaking of the ill brother construct, according to Basso?
(a) A strong form of reprimand.
(b) A mild form of envy.
(c) A mild form of praise.
(d) A mild form of reprimand.

14. Where does Basso say the strength of the Apache language comes from?
(a) The women sotires.
(b) The absance of vowels.
(c) Interlocking of many levels of abstract.
(d) Its utterances.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the sister of the ill man say after Robert's intervention?

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

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

4. What does Basso say the Western Apache discourse is a product of?

5. What does Basso say the enforcement of norms occurs through for the Cibecue?

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