Intro to American Lit/Native American Lit Quiz

Which time period in American literature wrote in styles that were different from the past, rejected past styles, and used symbolism and careful word choice?

• Native Americans

• Puritanism

• Modernism

• Postmodernism

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Which time period in American literature focused on the 'realities' of everyday life?

• Romanticism

• Realism

• Rationalism

• Modernism

Which time period in American literature had original literature that was oral, focused on 'how' or 'why' things were created, and considered humans and animals interchangeable in stories?

• Rationalism

• Native Americans

• Puritanism

• Romanticism

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Which time period in American literature had a plain style of writing and focused on God and proper living?

• Romanticism

• Realism

• Puritanism

• Modernism

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Which time period in American literature considered human beings smart and rational people who could think for themselves?

• Rationalism

• Realism

• Modernism

• Postmodernism

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In many Native American creation stories that we looked at, human souls looked down from the heavens on a world covered in _________.

• water

• mud

• mountains

• desert

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In the Cherokee myth, nocturnal animals who could see at night were gifted this power because

• Because they were the favored animals of the Cherokee gods

• They scorched under the hot sun and so preferred the night.

• They stayed awake and kept watch for a full seven nights rather than falling asleep

• They are the animals at the top of the food chain

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In the Iroquois creation myth, the woman falls to earth because

• she attempts to leap from cloud to cloud as she searches for her husband

• she tries to fly too close to the sun

• the animals rebel against her commands

• her angry husband pushes her from a hole he has made in the sky island

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In the Iroquois creation myth, Sky Woman gives birth to twins named

• Sapling and Flint

• Water Holder and Fire Holder
• Wind Holder and Stone Wielder

• Evergreen and Boulder

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In the Osage creation myth, people first existed as spirits, and they called themselves

• Little Ones

• Sky Spirits

• The People of the Sky

• The Ancestors

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