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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. How long does Basso say he had known Nick Thompson?

2. What does Basso say of the conversation about the ill brother?

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

4. Where does Basso say the strength of the Apache language comes from?

5. What does Basso say infiltrated Western Apache society?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. What happened at the end of the summer of 1981?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss how industrialism changed the Western Apache in Cibecue.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the major narrative genres for the Cibecue people and examine the purpose of each.

Essay Topic 3

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

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