Deck 24: North America: Raven

Question 1

Raven can be compared to Loki because both are _____________.

A) birds
B) tricksters
C) creators
D) traditional gods

Answer 1

B

Question 2

_____________ is a Greek god who can be compared with Raven as a trickster.

A) Apollo
B) Poseidon
C) Hermes
D) Orpheus

Answer 2

C

Question 3

____________________ is one of the basic characteristics of a trickster.

A) Bringing evil to his world
B) Creating the world for his people
C) Living as a central character in the community
D) Living on the outside of the community

Answer 3

D

Question 4

Like the Greek god Prometheus, Raven brings ____________ to human beings.

A) fire
B) wisdom
C) language
D) weapons

Question 5

Like other tricksters, Raven often causes good things as the result of his _____________________________.

A) selfish deeds
B) overwhelming power
C) generosity
D) good looks

Question 6

Raven causes his own birth to the girl who lived up the Nass River with her father because he ___________________________________________.

A) wants to live in the large house
B) wants a family of his own
C) wants the light that the father keeps
D) wants to be a human being

Question 7

The people fishing for euchalon did not want the sun because _____________________________________.

A) they were suspicious of Raven
B) they had to catch the fish at night
C) Raven had threatened them
D) they did not believe that Raven could make the sun shine

Question 8

Petrel put pitchwood in the fire when Raven was caught in the smoke hole. This changed Raven from white to black. This is an example of the __________________ aspect of myth.

A) cosmological
B) sociological
C) aetiological
D) psychological

Question 9

Raven got fire for the people by __________________________________________________.

A) flying out to sea and bringing it back
B) directing the people how to bring it back
C) tricking Petrel into getting it
D) tricking Nas-ca'ki-yel into stealing it

Question 10

Nas-ca'ki-yel used a _____________ to explain why there was death.

A) stone
B) dog
C) plant
D) leaf

Question 11

Raven tales are most popular among the Native American peoples of ____________.

Question 12

________________ is a popular trickster in African-American stories.

Question 13

Raven tricked __________________ and stole water for his world.

Question 14

Because Raven turns himself into a small child, we can classify him as a ___________________.

Question 15

Raven creates _______________________ by flying along and spitting out the water he stole from Petrel.

Question 16

When Raven dribbles sand as he flies, he creates________________.

Question 17

____________________ is the name of one of the peoples who revere Raven.

Question 18

Raven carried off most of the water from Petrel's spring by ______________.

Question 19

Nas-ca'ki-yel means _______________________.

Question 20

When Petrel released the sun on the people fishing, they turned into the animals whose skins they were wearing. This is an example of ___________________.