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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened to people that commit immoral deeds in Cibecue's tales?

2. When did Basso leave Cibecue in 1981?

3. What does Basso say almost ceased to exist in anthropology?

4. What did the people talking about the ill brother use the place-names for?

5. What does Basso say the Western Apache discourse is a product of?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why has Basso used Apache conceptions of land?

2. How can one understand the landscape according to Basso?

3. What was the story of the Line of White Rocks Extends Up and Out?

4. What can't materialist models not give an explanation of?

5. What does the land make people do, according to the Western Apache?

6. What is a distinct characteristic of the Western Apache, according to Basso?

7. What do younger Apache feel about village life, according to Basso?

8. What happened at the end of the summer of 1981?

9. Why does Basso think the Western Apache emphasize the importance of the land?

10. What difficulty do linguists have with Western Apache?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare Western Apache beliefs to that of Anglo-Americans in regards to how each view morality.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the role of the ethnographer when immersed in a foreign culture with a foreign language.

Essay Topic 3

Examine the story of Snakes' Water and discuss its meaning to the Western Apache.

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