The setting Sun

How does Old Musoni feel about the world outside of his farm?

• He wants to explore it.
• He believes it is dangerous
• He does not think other places exist.
• He knows a home can be made anywhere.

What point of view is the story told from?

• first-person
• first-person limited
• third-person limited
• third-person omniscient

Which statement best describes Nhamo's attitude throughout the story?

• He feels the old beliefs and traditions are important.
• He feels the old beliefs and traditions are beautiful.
• He feels the old beliefs and traditions are worthless.
• He feels the old beliefs and traditions are challenging.

What does young Nhamo plan on doing?

• leave home
• become a farmer
• fly an airplane

What does psychological mean?

• having to do with the mind
• having to do with the body
• being sent to a hospital

What is true about both father and son and what they are feeling?

• neither will say what they are thinking or feeling
• they each tell lies
• they speak only of the past

This point of view is often told using the words "I", "me", or "my".

• 2nd Period

• 3rd Person Limited

• 1st Person

In the text the author states, "Lions had long since vanished but he knew of worse animals of prey...." What "worse animals of prey" is the author referring to?

• Tigers

• Humans

• Bears

Which theme is most prominent in "The Setting Sun and the Rolling World"?

• The conflict between tradition and modernity

• The importance of wealth

• The power of nature

• The inevitability of death

What does the setting sun symbolize in the story?

• The end of a journey

• The passage of time

• The decline of traditional ways

• The beginning of a new day