Native American Literature Review

What is the "oral tradition"?

• The practice of talking about tribal traditions

• The practice of passing down stories by telling them aloud

• Sharing stories in many different ways

• Passing down stories via ancient scrolls

How did Native Americans share their literature?

• Diaries

• Letters

• Journals

• Word of mouth

Much of the early Native American literature did not survive because

• Explorers burned it

• They realized there were other ways to explain things in the world

• Native Americans were being wiped out by European diseases and there was no one left to translate the texts

• None are correct

Which of the following is a cautionary tale that bad things will happen if you do wrong?

• Karma

• Creation myth

• Fairytale

• Trickster tale

A typical symbol, story pattern, or character type upon which others are copied, patterned, or emulated is...

• theme

• charcter

• archetype

• myth

"The Sky Tree" explains how _____ came to be.

• the sky

• the sea

• the earth

• the turtle

What was one of the biggest reasons Native Americans told stories?

• Explain the unknown

• Tell where children came from

• To hype the newest Episodes of Naruto and Borato

• To explain wartime traditions

Why was story telling important to Native American people?

• It passes along history and knowledge to a younger generation.

• It is a way to pass the time.

• It was not really that important.

• It was more efficient than waiting for the internet to be invented.

The purpose of this type of story was to explain how life/Earth came to be

• fable

• creation myth

• fairytale

• divine myth

A trickster is full of contradictions and may appear to be

• heroic and greedy

• devious and kind

• foolish and clever

• all of these