Native American Literature

True or False: One characteristic of Native American Literature is the theme of Humanity's Power over Nature. 

• True

• False

True or False: Many pieces of Native American Literature center around 'the morality story,' or a tale which tells a lesson.

• True

• False

True or False: The 'creation story' is a type of story which details how the world came to be through the lens of Native American oral tradition. 

• True

• False

True or False: There is only one creation story that all Native Americans believe to be true.

• True

• False

True or False: The value of elders and storytellers is a theme found throughout Native American stories. 

• True

• False

N. Scott Momaday wrote which literary work from the list below

• Sky Tree

• Coyote Finishes His Work

• "The Way to Rainy Mountain"

• The Earth Only

Which of the following Native American stories involves a woman trying to cut down a tree to save her husband's life?

• The Earth Only

• Coyote Finishes His Work

• Sky Tree

In the Blackfeet Genesis, there are two characters by which Death enters into our world. Who are they?

• Adam and Eve

• a brother and sister

• a mother and child

• a husband and wife

The two wolves in "The Legend of the Two Wolves" are symbols that are often repeated throughout cultures of literature. A symbol, or pattern, that is repeated across cultures and generations is know as a / an ___________.

• alliteration

• archetype

• foreshadowing

• personification

The Way to Rainy Mountain is what type of literary genre?

• A historical biography
• A poetry collection
• It is a work of literary nonfiction; a memoir specifically

• A fictional novel