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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Nick just recovering from in 1981, according to Basso?

2. Where did the brother fall ill?

3. What does Basso say generated a wide range of cognitive associations?

4. What does Basso say the story might have been?

5. Why couldn't Lola say that the brother did nothing wrong or openly censure him, according to Basso?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the land make people do, according to the Western Apache?

2. What difficulty do linguists have with Western Apache?

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. Why has Basso used Apache conceptions of land?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare Western Apache beliefs to that of Anglo-Americans in regards to how each view morality.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the role of Charles and Morley Cromwell in Basso's study of place-names.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss how cultures preserve their history and examine Edward Spicer's argument that despite a love of their history, Western Apaches would not become tribal historians.

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