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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Kouroukan Fougan or The Division of the World.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To whom do Sundiata's soldiers tell their stories of battle in the hopes that they will be made into legends?
(a) Fran Kamara.
(b) Soumaoro.
(c) Fassyky.
(d) Nana Triban.

2. How did Nana Triban gain access into Soumaoro's sorcery chambers?
(a) She climbed in through the window.
(b) She seduced him.
(c) She went in disguise.
(d) She used the magic xylophone.

3. What is the role of a griot?
(a) Spiritual advisor.
(b) Medicine man.
(c) King.
(d) Story teller.

4. Which character in the text does Fassyky compare to the land where he spent his chilldood?
(a) Manding Bory.
(b) Dankaran.
(c) Sundiata.
(d) Soumaoro.

5. What gift did ancient African kings believe griots could give them?
(a) Immortality.
(b) Courage.
(c) Wealth.
(d) Wisdom.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did the kings of Mali respect Sundiata when he was a boy?

2. How does the king react to the news that Sogolon has gone into labor?

3. How does Sundiata's family react to the arrival of the Malian merchants?

4. When Nana Triban meets with Sundiata, what does she deny every doing?

5. Who is Nana Triban?

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