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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Basso use to explain the effect of symbolism on individuals?
(a) Apache conceptions of water.
(b) Apache conceptions of history.
(c) Apache conceptions of people.
(d) Apache conceptions of land.

2. When did Basso leave Cibecue in 1981?
(a) In the fall.
(b) In the spring.
(c) In the summer.
(d) In the winter.

3. Why couldn't Lola say that the brother did nothing wrong or openly censure him, according to Basso?
(a) She didn't know the man well enough.
(b) The sister of the ill man was candid about her pain.
(c) She didn't want to get involved.
(d) The sister of the ill man was her friend.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What are sagas meant for?

2. What do sagas focus on?

3. How many children did Lola Machuse have?

4. What does Basso say cannot give a full explanation of the connection between American Indian communities and their ecological settings?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does "speaking with names" illustrate?

2. What do younger Apache feel about village life, according to Basso?

3. What do place-names generate?

4. Where is the Cibecue settlement located?

5. What does Nick Thompson encourage Basso to do in June 1980, and what did Nick maintain about the Western Apache?

6. What does Basso advise people to pay attention to, in "Chapter 2, Stalking with Stories?"

7. Why has Basso used Apache conceptions of land?

8. How can one understand the landscape according to Basso?

9. What difficulty do linguists have with Western Apache?

10. What was the story of the Line of White Rocks Extends Up and Out?

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