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

2. Where does Basso say the richness of place-names comes from?
(a) The way they describe individuals.
(b) How individuals invest themselves in the landscape.
(c) They way they integrate with maps.
(d) How individuals always create new ones.

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

4. How does Basso say the Apache understand communication?
(a) Cooperatively.
(b) As a way to tell stories.
(c) As a way to pass judgements.
(d) As a language.

5. What does Basso say historical tales are often about?
(a) Stories of miseries.
(b) The person that tells them.
(c) The person they are told to.
(d) The clan.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does speaking with names produce according to Basso?

2. Basso says that tales merge elements of _____?

3. What does Basso say almost ceased to exist in anthropology?

4. What does Basso say Robert emphasized?

5. What do the Cibecue think the land makes people?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do place-names generate?

2. How can cultural constructions be understood, according to Basso?

3. How do local peoples relate to their geography?

4. What happened to Louise's brother, and what did the Apaches say?

5. What can't materialist models not give an explanation of?

6. Why does Basso think the Western Apache emphasize the importance of the land?

7. What happens to children who do not learn to tie places and names?

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

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

10. What does "speaking with names" illustrate?

(see the answer keys)

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