Deck 21: Africa: the Mwindo Epic

Question 1

Mwindo must atone for killing ______________, a friend of the lightning god Nkuba.

A) Kirimu
B) Mukiti
C) Iyangura
D) Nyanga

Answer 1

A

Question 2

______________ is Mwindo's father.

A) Nkuba
B) Nyanga
C) Nyamwindo
D) Shemwindo

Answer 2

D

Question 3

Shemwindo tells all of his wives to bear only daughters because__________________________________.

A) like Kronos, he feels sons would overpower him
B) he already has many sons
C) females are much more important to the Nyanga
D) when daughters marry, the suitor pays him a dowry

Answer 3

D

Question 4

When Mwindo is born, Shemwindo wants to _____________ him.

A) crown
B) bury
C) kiss
D) ignore

Question 5

While in the drum, Mwindo attracts the attention of the maidens on shore by ______________________.

A) crying
B) calling to them
C) singing
D) beating on the drum

Question 6

______________ is a female water spirit and a sister of Mukiti.

A) Musoka
B) Nkuba
C) Cayo
D) Kinkunduri

Question 7

Iyangura is Shemwindo's ______________.

A) mother
B) sister
C) daughter
D) aunt

Question 8

______________ accompanies Mwindo on his trip to Tubondo to confront his father.

A) Mukiti
B) Kasiyembi
C) Iyangura
D) Nkuba

Question 9

Mwindo's maternal uncles, the Baniyana, help him by_________________________________.

A) forging armor for him
B) outsmarting Kasiyembe
C) calling on Nkuba for help
D) making a great feast for him

Question 10

________________, Muisa's daughter, helps Mwindo pass the tests set by her father.

A) Iyangura
B) Sheburungu
C) Kasiyembe
D) Kahindo

Question 11

At the end of the Mwindo Epic, Shemwindo finally acts honorably by _________________________________.

A) giving all of his subjects money
B) declaring a great holiday
C) having Mwindo made king
D) having Mwindo's enemies killed

Question 12

When Mwindo is born, a _____________, bearer of bad omens, delivers the news to his father.

Question 13

____________________, Mwindo's aunt, is very helpful to him.

Question 14

The story about Mwindo is told by the _________________ people of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Question 15

Because his heroism is due to ______________, Mwindo can be considered the same type of hero as Prometheus.

Question 16

Mwindo is recognized as a very special child when his people discover he has been born with a _______________ in his right hand.

Question 17

Shemwindo has his counselors build a ____________ in which he expects to drown Mwindo.

Question 18

Mwindo's name, ______________________, emphasizes his ability to perform adult actions from the moment of his birth.

Question 19

_________________ rescues Mwindo from the drum.

Question 20

Nkuba becomes Mwindo's ally and destroys ___________________ with seven lightning flashes.

Question 21

Mwindo chases his father, who hides in the home of ___________________, the creation god.