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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. How many forms of speech did the Cibecue have?
(a) 7 forms.
(b) 3 forms.
(c) 6 forms.
(d) 5 forms.

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

3. How old was Lola Machuse in the book?
(a) 63 years old.
(b) 60 years old.
(c) 61 years old.
(d) 62 years old.

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

5. What are sagas meant for?
(a) Discipline.
(b) Humiliation.
(c) Relaxation.
(d) Teaching.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Basso say nearly all the place-names are in the Western Apache Language?

2. What do tales force individuals to do?

3. What type of events does Basso say the Apaches did not have?

4. What does Basso say can only be studied through the property names and place-naming?

5. What does Nick say Apache stories were made for?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do local peoples relate to their geography?

2. Who was Lola Machuse?

3. What looks after the Western Apache, according to Basso?

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

5. What is the strength of the Western Apache, according to Basso?

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

7. What does Basso claim about the Apache understanding of communication?

8. What must ethnographers be cautious of, in "Chapter 3, Speaking With Names?"

9. Why has Basso used Apache conceptions of land?

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

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