" // questions and Answers number_answers = new Array(5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5) q1 = "Which of the following African states would not geographically have been part of the area inhabited by the Manding people in the late thirteenth and early fourteenth centuries?"; q1answer = "d"; q1a = "Senegal"; q1b = "Mali"; q1c = "Gambia"; q1d = "Kenya"; q1e = "Guinea"; q1review = "See page 2409."; q2 = "What foreign presence is closely associated with the rise of the ancient empire of Mali?"; q2answer = "b"; q2a = "the Christian crusades"; q2b = "the spread of Islam"; q2c = "the European slave trade"; q2d = "Greek colonial rule"; q2e = "Roman imperial rule"; q2review = "See pages 2409–2410."; q3 = "To which figure from the Koran, as well as the Jewish and Christian Bibles, is Son-Jara assimilated in some versions of the invocation of the epic?"; q3answer = "a"; q3a = "Adam"; q3b = "Noah"; q3c = "Abraham"; q3d = "Abel"; q3e = "Joseph"; q3review = "See pages 2415–2416."; q4 = "Which of the following is not generally considered part of the oral tradition in western Africa?"; q4answer = "d"; q4a = "poetry"; q4b = "myth"; q4c = "folktale"; q4d = "exegesis"; q4e = "legend"; q4review = "See page 2410."; q5 = "What best describes the task of the griot?"; q5answer = "a"; q5a = "dramatic reenactment of the epic"; q5b = "exact reproduction of a past performance of the epic"; q5c = "teaching unfamiliar stories to the audience"; q5d = "entertainment of visiting dignitaries to the imperial court"; q5e = "digression from the narrative framework to the point of original contribution"; q5review = "See page 2411."; q6 = "Which of the following rivalries would not be comparable to the sibling rivalry of Son-Jara and Dankaran Tuman?"; q6answer = "c"; q6a = "Jacob and Esau"; q6b = "Romulus and Remus"; q6c = "Arthur and Lancelot"; q6d = "Polynices and Eteocles"; q6e = "Cain and Abel"; q6review = "See page 2411."; q7 = "Which of the following does not exemplify the extended form of the African epic?"; q7answer = "d"; q7a = "the Ozidi saga"; q7b = "the epic of Son-Jara"; q7c = "the Mwindo epic"; q7d = "the Thousand and One Nights"; q7e = "Da Monzon of Segou"; q7review = "See page 2412."; q8 = "What is the name of the bard's apprentice who serves as the principal interlocutor throughout the performance of the Son-Jara?"; q8answer = "e"; q8a = "Biribiriba"; q8b = "Bambi"; q8c = "Bambara"; q8d = "Bilal"; q8e = "Bèmba"; q8review = "See page 2416."; q9 = "What is the principal content of episode 2, Mecca?"; q9answer = "c"; q9a = "the rift between Son-Jara and Sumamuru"; q9b = "religious pilgrimage"; q9c = "genealogy and exodus"; q9d = "the brothers' journey"; q9e = "the ritual Son-Jara must endure before entering Mèma"; q9review = "See pages 2416–2419."; q10 = "Which of the following is not "a thing for tomorrow" that is placed in a calabash during the naming ceremony for an eight-day-old infant?"; q10answer = "c"; q10a = "the infant's old swaddling cloth"; q10b = "the infant's birth-hair"; q10c = "the skin of a lamb"; q10d = "the umbilical cord"; q10e = "the knife used to cut the umbilical cord"; q10review = "See pages 2419–2421."; q11 = "Magan Jata Kòndè of Du drags off his sister Du Kamisa and slashes off her breasts to emphasize her bareness. In response, she rips off the lid to her calabash and displays the contents, and then transforms into what creature?"; q11answer = "d"; q11a = "a great snake"; q11b = "a mosquito"; q11c = "a red bull"; q11d = "a wild buffalo"; q11e = "a dangerous monkey"; q11review = "See page 2421."; q12 = "Which of the six young maidens is taken by the Tarawere brothers?"; q12answer = "e"; q12a = "the most beautiful maiden"; q12b = "the maiden who offers a gift of black lele"; q12c = "the maiden with the fullest hips"; q12d = "the maiden who can charm the birds from the trees"; q12e = "the maiden between whose legs a black cat will passes several times"; q12review = "See pages 2428–2429."; q13 = "Why does Fata Magan offer the Tarawere brothers a token inherited from his ancestor Bilal and his sister Nakana Tiliba?"; q13answer = "a"; q13a = "to obtain Sugulun from them"; q13b = "to thank them for slaying the buffalo"; q13c = "to demonstrate his hospitality"; q13d = "to pacify his wife, who is envious of his sister's beauty"; q13e = "to emphasize his wealth"; q13review = "See page 2430."; q14 = "How does Son-Jara come to be considered the eldest of Fata Magan's two sons?"; q14answer = "d"; q14a = "The first one Fata Magan sees with his own eyes becomes the eldest."; q14b = "The old women of the town decide who becomes the eldest."; q14c = "The son of Fata Magan's first wife becomes the eldest."; q14d = "The first name Fata Magan hears becomes the eldest."; q14e = "The one covered in hair from head to toe becomes the eldest."; q14review = "See pages 2431–2432."; q15 = "What is it about Son-Jara that causes his mother so much grief?"; q15answer = "b"; q15a = "He refuses to collect a baobab leaf for her couscous sauce."; q15b = "He doesn't walk for nine years."; q15c = "His sacrificial ram is defeated by his brothers."; q15d = "His actions alienate her jinn."; q15e = "He refuses to make his hajj."; q15review = "See pages 2433–2435."; q16 = "Why are Son-Jara, his sister, brother, and mother exiled from Manden by the mother of Dankaran Tuman?"; q16answer = "d"; q16a = "They monopolize the town's baobab leaves."; q16b = "Son-Jara murders Dankaran Tuman."; q16c = "Son-Jara's safo-dog desecrates her calabash."; q16d = "Son-Jara's safo-dog kills and shreds Dankaran Tuman's toothless dog."; q16e = "A Wizard commands her to do so."; q16review = "See pages 2441–2442."; q17 = "What does King Dankaran Tuman do in an effort to placate Sumamuru?"; q17answer = "c"; q17a = "He sacrifices a safo-dog on the anniversary of his birth."; q17b = "He vows to kill Son-Jara, his own brother, as a token of good will."; q17c = "He gives his first-born daughter, "Caress-of-Hot-Fire," to him in marriage."; q17d = "He commands a Wizard to cast a spell on him."; q17e = "He sends a balaphone of seven keys as a gift."; q17review = "See page 2443."; q18 = "What attribute of Sumamuru best illustrates his savage ferocity?"; q18answer = "c"; q18a = "his village in the Dark Forest"; q18b = "his name"; q18c = "his pants, coat, and helm of human skin"; q18d = "his pagan beliefs"; q18e = "his ancestry"; q18review = "See page 2444."; q19 = "In his battle with the nine witches, Son-Jara takes the form of a lion and what other creature?"; q19answer = "a"; q19a = "a hawk"; q19b = "a buffalo"; q19c = "a baobab"; q19d = "a cat"; q19e = "a bull"; q19review = "See pages 2448–2449."; q20 = "What causes the rift between Fa-Koli and Sumamuru?"; q20answer = "d"; q20a = "Sumamuru slashes off his mother's breasts."; q20b = "Fa-Koli is jealous that Sumamuru has one hundred wives."; q20c = "Fa-Koli refuses to sacrifice his wife."; q20d = "Sumamuru takes Fa-Koli's wife."; q20e = "Sumamuru sacrifices his one hundred wives."; q20review = "See page 2456."; q21 = "Who of the following does not participate in Son-Jara's attack on Sumamuru?"; q21answer = "c"; q21a = "Sura, the Jawara patriarch"; q21b = "Fa-Koli"; q21c = "Dòka the cat"; q21d = "Bee-King-of-the-Wilderness"; q21e = "Fa-Kanda Tunandi"; q21review = "See page 2458."; q22 = "What challenge does the King of Dark Jòlòf pose to Son-Jara's authority over the neighboring territories?"; q22answer = "b"; q22a = "He removes the teeth of a dog, which he has cursed by a jinn and sent to Manden."; q22b = "He sends a pack of dogs in lieu of a herd of horses."; q22c = "He sends his army to seize Son-Jara's wife."; q22d = "He slays the Sanumu and Ba-dugu kings."; q22e = "He pledges allegiance to Sumamuru."; q22review = "See pages 2460–2462. 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