father of Spanish-American literature

Question 1 (1 point)

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Quechua?

Question 1 options:

1)

Incan god

2)

first Incan ruler

3)

language of the Incas

4)

father of Spanish-American literature

5)

city of the sun

Question 2 (1 point)

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Manco Copac?

Question 2 options:

1)

Incan god

2)

first Incan ruler

3)

language of the Incas

4)

father of Spanish-American literature

5)

city of the sun

Question 3 (1 point)

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Cuzco?

Question 3 options:

1)

Incan god

2)

first Incan ruler

3)

language of the Incas

4)

father of Spanish-American literature

5)

city of the sun

Question 4 (1 point)

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Coyote?

Question 4 options:

1)

birthplace of First Man and First Woman

2)

Trickster

3)

saved seeds from flood

4)

dressed Northern Lights

Question 5 (1 point)

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Yellow World?

Question 5 options:

1)

birthplace of First Man and First Woman

2)

Trickster

3)

saved seeds from flood

4)

dressed in Northern Lights

Question 6 (1 point)

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Grandmother?

Question 6 options:

1)

used as memory device

2)

kin-friends

3)

provided power of invincibility

4)

provided means of capturing maiden

Question 7 (1 point)

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Whale Person?

Question 7 options:

1)

used as memory device

2)

kin-friends

3)

provided power of invincibility

4)

provided means of capturing maiden

The Sun God ordained that the Incas establish an empire in order to teach proper methods of living for all people.

Question 8 options:

1) True

2) False

Question 9 (1 point)

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The earliest ancestors of the Inca were sometimes cannibalistic, causing the Sun God to send down the first Inca ruler.

Question 9 options:

1) True

2) False

Question 10 (1 point)

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Many of the native inhabitants of the Americas simply call themselves “people” so the Navajo are the Diné and the Micmac are the Lnu’k.

Question 10 options:

1) True

2) False

Question 11 (1 point)

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Native civilizations in the Americas always pass lineage from father to son.

Question 11 options:

1) True

2) False

Because the golden rod symbolized the protection of the Sun God, it was placed at the highest point in Cuzco.

Question 12 options:

1) True

2) False

Question 13 (1 point)

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First Woman decided which direction the Navajo people should head in their new world.

Question 13 options:

1) True

2) False

Question 14 (1 point)

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The Navajo nation is the largest of all the native tribes in the U.S., both in number and amount of land.

Question 14 options:

1) True

2) False

Question 15 (1 point)

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The four sacred colors are black, white, yellow, and green.

Question 15 options:

1) True

2) False

Question 16 (1 point)

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Not only were the Navajo saved from the flood, but so were the Ute and the Hopi as well.

Question 16 options:

1) True

2) False

Question 17 (1 point)

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When the messengers from the four ends of the world brought their gifts to the First People, the Lion’s gifts persuaded them to travel West.

Question 17 options:

1) True

2) False

Question 18 (1 point)

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Micmac who possessed special spiritual powers were isolated from the remainder of the community.

Question 18 options:

1) True

2) False

Question 19 (1 point)

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The lazy suitor was so jealous of the chief’s son that he formed a plan to prevent the chief’s son from marrying one of the daughters.

Question 19 options:

1) True

2) False

Question 20 (1 point)

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Because of the advice of the chief’s son, the lazy husband acquired great powers from various animals.

Question 20 options:

1) True

2) False

Question 21 (5 points)

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Choose one of the following questions, and provide a short answer of two paragraphs, using specific references to the myths covered in the module. You may use both the required readings and the recommended ones in your answer. 1. What is the significance of the number 4 in Navajo culture? Show how elements in The Emergence respect and reinforce the sacredness of this number. OR 2. Contrast the hero in the myth Caught by a Hair-String with the hero in Sigurd the Volsung.

Question 22 (5 points)

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Choose one of the following questions, and provide a short answer of two paragraphs, using specific references to the myths covered in the module. You may use both the required readings and the recommended ones in your answer. 1. What values are promoted in the Incan myth The Children of the Sun? How does the mix of reality and imagination reinforce those values in society? OR 2. Choose an American historical figure and discuss how the presentation of that person in books, films, etc. follows the pattern of mythologies. Show how the presentation reinforces American values. If those values have changed, show how the presentation of that historical figure also changed.