English 11 Final Exam 1 questions with
correct answers
Oral Tradition - correct answer ✔✔information passed down through the generations by word of mouth
that is not written down, including historical and cultural traditions
narratives - correct answer ✔✔descriptions of past events that have the basic structure of a story
Creation Stories - correct answer ✔✔explained the origin and emergence of the universe, animals,
plants, landscape, natural phenomena, and people
Cultural Hero - correct answer ✔✔mythological creatures of divine birth (mother human, father often
the sun, moon, wind, etc.); provided resources and rituals for survival; often included a trickster
trickster - correct answer ✔✔someone who was clever, cunning, and flawed to illustrate consequences
of improper behaviors.
Cyclical - correct answer ✔✔happening again and again in the same order; happening in cycles
Community - correct answer ✔✔people with common interests living in a particular area (shared values,
stories, traditions)
Literal translations - correct answer ✔✔a translation that translates each word exactly instead of giving
the general meaning in a more natural way
What form was Native American literature generally in? - correct answer ✔✔poetry, creation tales,
songs, and narratives
What did the Natives believe were all interconnected? - correct answer ✔✔Man, spirit, and nature
,What were the common themes in Native American storytelling? - correct answer ✔✔-Humans live in
harmony with the physical and spiritual universe
-Deep reverence for land and natural world
-cyclical nature of life
-sense of community (shared values, stories, traditions)
What are the issues regarding oral tradition? - correct answer ✔✔-many stories lost when tribes wiped
out through war or disease
-dispute - "to whom do the stories belong?" (share with outside world?)
-disagreement on how best to preserve: oral or written
-Power of language - different interpretations/translations
-Oral - "just one generation away from extinction
-Use of "words" without knowledge of culture
-Bias and literal translations - loss of meaning and culture
What were the oral traditions? - correct answer ✔✔-Recited performance - shared community values
and traditions; entertain and teach
-narratives included myths or tale with animals, people, and landscape
-Man, spirit, and nature - all interconnected
There was a strong reverence for what in Native American literature? - correct answer ✔✔for nature as a
spiritual and physical mother
what is present in many native american literature? - correct answer ✔✔the trickster
When was Native American Literature written down? - correct answer ✔✔not until the 1800's
How were their stories shared? - correct answer ✔✔orally amongst family and friends
, What did oral tradition ensure for the NAtive Americans? - correct answer ✔✔ensured that they had
something that no one could take from them
What was the downside or oral tradition? - correct answer ✔✔some of their literature was, no doubt,
lost through the generations
Define theme. - correct answer ✔✔A central idea, concept or message that the reader takes away from
a work of fiction. Not usually directly stated, but determined by analyzing some or all of the following:
title, setting, symbols, conflict, action, and character development. Many works contain multiple ____.
Despite the diversity of Native Americans, we can make generalizations about their early literature. It
was generally in the form of: - correct answer ✔✔poetry, creation tales, songs and narratives
There was a strong reverence for _____ as a spiritual and physical mother. - correct answer ✔✔nature
The _____ is also present in many Native American tales. - correct answer ✔✔trickster
Native American literature was not written down until the late _____, which meant stories were shared
_____ amongst family and friends. - correct answer ✔✔1800's; orally
This tradition ensured that natives had something no one could take from them, but it also meant that
some of their _____ was no doubt lost through the generations. - correct answer ✔✔literature
In the Cherokee creation myths, "How the World Was Made," "Origin of Strawberries," and "An Indian
Story of a Mole," what problem is being solved in each myth? - correct answer ✔✔"World": making the
world inhabitable for man and beast.
"Mole": freeing the sun from a trap
"Strawberry": reconciling a man and wife
In the Cherokee creation myths, "How the World Was Made," "Origin of Strawberries," and "An Indian
Story of a Mole," what point of view do the myths symbolize? - correct answer ✔✔Third person. This
narrative style enhances the oral tradition because the narrator is an unidentified, removed teller. It is
correct answers
Oral Tradition - correct answer ✔✔information passed down through the generations by word of mouth
that is not written down, including historical and cultural traditions
narratives - correct answer ✔✔descriptions of past events that have the basic structure of a story
Creation Stories - correct answer ✔✔explained the origin and emergence of the universe, animals,
plants, landscape, natural phenomena, and people
Cultural Hero - correct answer ✔✔mythological creatures of divine birth (mother human, father often
the sun, moon, wind, etc.); provided resources and rituals for survival; often included a trickster
trickster - correct answer ✔✔someone who was clever, cunning, and flawed to illustrate consequences
of improper behaviors.
Cyclical - correct answer ✔✔happening again and again in the same order; happening in cycles
Community - correct answer ✔✔people with common interests living in a particular area (shared values,
stories, traditions)
Literal translations - correct answer ✔✔a translation that translates each word exactly instead of giving
the general meaning in a more natural way
What form was Native American literature generally in? - correct answer ✔✔poetry, creation tales,
songs, and narratives
What did the Natives believe were all interconnected? - correct answer ✔✔Man, spirit, and nature
,What were the common themes in Native American storytelling? - correct answer ✔✔-Humans live in
harmony with the physical and spiritual universe
-Deep reverence for land and natural world
-cyclical nature of life
-sense of community (shared values, stories, traditions)
What are the issues regarding oral tradition? - correct answer ✔✔-many stories lost when tribes wiped
out through war or disease
-dispute - "to whom do the stories belong?" (share with outside world?)
-disagreement on how best to preserve: oral or written
-Power of language - different interpretations/translations
-Oral - "just one generation away from extinction
-Use of "words" without knowledge of culture
-Bias and literal translations - loss of meaning and culture
What were the oral traditions? - correct answer ✔✔-Recited performance - shared community values
and traditions; entertain and teach
-narratives included myths or tale with animals, people, and landscape
-Man, spirit, and nature - all interconnected
There was a strong reverence for what in Native American literature? - correct answer ✔✔for nature as a
spiritual and physical mother
what is present in many native american literature? - correct answer ✔✔the trickster
When was Native American Literature written down? - correct answer ✔✔not until the 1800's
How were their stories shared? - correct answer ✔✔orally amongst family and friends
, What did oral tradition ensure for the NAtive Americans? - correct answer ✔✔ensured that they had
something that no one could take from them
What was the downside or oral tradition? - correct answer ✔✔some of their literature was, no doubt,
lost through the generations
Define theme. - correct answer ✔✔A central idea, concept or message that the reader takes away from
a work of fiction. Not usually directly stated, but determined by analyzing some or all of the following:
title, setting, symbols, conflict, action, and character development. Many works contain multiple ____.
Despite the diversity of Native Americans, we can make generalizations about their early literature. It
was generally in the form of: - correct answer ✔✔poetry, creation tales, songs and narratives
There was a strong reverence for _____ as a spiritual and physical mother. - correct answer ✔✔nature
The _____ is also present in many Native American tales. - correct answer ✔✔trickster
Native American literature was not written down until the late _____, which meant stories were shared
_____ amongst family and friends. - correct answer ✔✔1800's; orally
This tradition ensured that natives had something no one could take from them, but it also meant that
some of their _____ was no doubt lost through the generations. - correct answer ✔✔literature
In the Cherokee creation myths, "How the World Was Made," "Origin of Strawberries," and "An Indian
Story of a Mole," what problem is being solved in each myth? - correct answer ✔✔"World": making the
world inhabitable for man and beast.
"Mole": freeing the sun from a trap
"Strawberry": reconciling a man and wife
In the Cherokee creation myths, "How the World Was Made," "Origin of Strawberries," and "An Indian
Story of a Mole," what point of view do the myths symbolize? - correct answer ✔✔Third person. This
narrative style enhances the oral tradition because the narrator is an unidentified, removed teller. It is
