Deck 9: Africa: Uganda and Nigeria

Question 1

______________________ is the creator god of the Dogon people of Mali.

A) Pemba
B) Amma
C) Faro
D) Yo

Answer 1

B

Question 2

In the creation myth of the Fon or Dahomey people from southern Benin, creation arises from _________________.

A) Yuguru
B) Pemba
C) Amma
D) Nana Boluku

Answer 2

D

Question 3

In the creation myth of the Ganda people of Uganda, _____________ was the first man.

A) Amma
B) Kintu
C) Mugulu
D) Agadzagadza

Answer 3

B

Question 4

When the first man came to Uganda, he found ____________________.

A) green forests
B) dry deserts
C) high mountains
D) nothing

Question 5

Nambi and her sister want Kintu to accompany them back to heaven, but he wants to bring his ____________ along.

A) father
B) mother
C) cow
D) brother

Question 6

Mugulu's daughters believe that Kintu is a man because ______________________________.

A) he drinks milk
B) he does not know who they are
C) they do not recognize him
D) he keeps a cow

Question 7

When Kintu's cow is stolen, he _____________________ for nourishment.

A) finds some small plants
B) gets rice from a local village
C) sucks the bark of a tree
D) can find nothing

Question 8

_____________________ stole Kintu's cow.

A) Nambi
B) Mugulu
C) Mugulu's son
D) Nambi and her sister

Question 9

Mugulu orders ten thousand dishes of food, ten thousand roasted cows, and ten thousand vessels of beer in order to __________________.

A) test his subjects' obedience
B) challenge the women's culinary ability
C) see if Kintu is a real man
D) celebrate his own reign

Question 10

In the Gandan creation story, _________________ is the sky.

A) Nambi
B) Pemba
C) Kintu
D) Mugulu

Question 11

If Kintu passes Mugulu's third test, lighting a fire of stones, he can have Nambi and also ________________________.

A) return to earth
B) become king
C) join Mugulu and his family in heaven
D) eat as much as he wants

Question 12

The emphasis of Kintu's third and fourth tests, splitting the big rock into pieces and gathering a bucket of dew, is on __________________.

A) Mugulu's power
B) telling an outrageous story
C) the power of humans over nature
D) Nambi's powerlessness as a female

Question 13

Mugulu cautions Kintu to watch out for Nambi's brother Warumbe because ____________________.

A) he will eat all of their food
B) Mugulu wants to keep him in heaven
C) Mugulu wants to trick Kintu into worrying
D) his name means "disease" or "death"

Question 14

Kintu's going back to retrieve the forgotten millet for the hen after Mugulu had forbidden him and Nambi to return is an action parallel to ______________________.

A) Noah's caring for animals by taking them into the ark
B) Adam and Eve eating the fruit of the tree of knowledge of good and evil
C) Zeus withholding fire from humans
D) Loki giving mistletoe to Hod so he can participate in the game of throwing things at Baldr

Question 15

The result of Kaikuzi's attempt to hunt out Warumbe and bring him back to Mugulu is that _____________________.

A) Warumbe still dwells under the earth
B) all humans remain silent for two days, as Kaikuzi has asked
C) Mugulu is enraged
D) Mugulu sends Kaikuzi to try again

Question 16

In the myth "The Origin of Death," the origin of the practice of burying the dead in a grave is attributed to ____________________.

A) a worm
B) a lizard
C) the sky
D) the god of the earth

Question 17

Events in myths that explain the origins of features of our world provide insights called ________________________.

Question 18

Because they were daughters of the sky, it is no surprise that in the Gandan creation story, Kintu first sees them as they _________________________.

Question 19

____________________ finds Kintu's stolen cow and demands that it be returned.

Question 20

The punishment for Kintu if he does not finish the huge dinner is ________________.

Question 21

Kintu is able to pass the eating test because _________________________.

Question 22

During the test requiring Kintu to collect a bucket of dew, the words, "It is easy enough to me," are spoken by _________________________.

Question 23

_____________________ helps Kintu find his cow.

Question 24

When Mugulu sends Kintu back to earth with his cow, he also sends _____________.

Question 25

______________________ gave Kintu and Nambi the plants and animals they would need to establish a life on earth.

Question 26

The people do not dig up the dead man when the worm tells them doing so would mean that no more people would die because _______________________________.