Native American Literature (Practice '23)

What is a creation myth?

• Stories that provide an account of how the universe was made.

• Stories that people made up about how the world began because they didn't have any scientific facts.

• Stories that provide an account of how the world began through the use of a symbolic narrative.

• Stories that ancient tribes made up to entertain people while explaining how the world began.

What is an archetype?

• recurring characters in storytelling from different places around the world

• recurring patterns that occur in mythology, religion, and stories across cultures and time periods

• recurring patterns in stories across cultures and time periods

• recurring patterns within a culture and across time periods

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CCSS.L.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

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CCSS.RL.11-12.4

Are tricksters an archetype?

• Yes

• No

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CCSS.RL.11-12.2

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Symbolism in a creation myth is when...

• a character's actions, an event, and/or an object represents a certain concept.

• a character(s) or event(s) represents a certain concept.

• an event(s) represent a certain concept.

• a character(s) actions represent a certain concept.

What is a trickster tale?

• a story where a character does heroic deeds to teach lessons about tribal values.

• a story where an animal character transforms into a human character in order to show human flaws.

• a story where a foolish character gets what they deserve at the end.

• a story where a character uses deceit, violence and magic to teach lessons to the audience; it also explains natural phenomena.

Trickster tales always end in

• harmony

• disharmony

In the Chumash story "The Rainbow Bridge," the goddess Hutash creates humans from...

• seashells

• clay

• seeds

• seaweed

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CCSS.RL.11-12.1

The Chumash believe they come from which island...

• Catalina

• Santa Cruz

• Anacapa

• Santa Rosa

Hutash turned the Chumash who fell from the Rainbow Bridge into...

• dolphins

• whales

• otters

• sharks

According to the Hopi creation story, human beings were created when...

• they fell from the sky

• they were created by Maasaw

• they were made from clay by twin deities

• they emerged from the earth