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Traditional approach to Native American autobiographies ·Focused on histories translated, recorded, edited, by non-NA people
Other influences on autobiographical narrative ·Tribal participation in expression, European shaping of NA autobiography
Tribes contributed to some autobriographical expressions (like painting of a tepee). And, Europeans who recorded NA autobiographies may have shaped the narrative based on own cultural perspective.
Passage Style
Single position
16.
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Question Type
Meaning in context (of word, phrase, or idea)
Structure
The first sentence describes “as-told-to life histories that were solicited, translated, recorded, and edited by non-Native American collaborators.” These autobiographies show “bicultural composite authorship” because non-Native Americans helped translate, record, and edit stories told by Native Americans.
a
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It’s not clear that the non-Native Americans used the artifacts and oral traditions of the Native American culture. In fact, the author points out in P2 and P3 that these kinds of autobiographies overlook oral traditions of Native American culture, which can include songs, chants, and names.
b
written by two ███████ ████ ██ ████ ███████ ██ █ █████████ ███████ ███ ███████████ ██ ███ ████ ███ ██ ███ ████████ ███████
The two people do not contribute in the “same way” to the finished product. The non-Native American translates, records, and edits. The Native American just tells their life history.
c
compiled from the ████████ ██ ██████ ███ ████ ████ █████████ ████████ ███ █████ ██████████ ██████ ██ ██████████
We have no reason to think we cannot determine the identity of the sources for the autobiographies described in the first sentence.
d
written originally by █ ██████ ██ ███ ███████ ███ ██████ ███ ███████ ██ █ ██████ ██ ███████ ███████
The autobiographies described in the first sentence are not originally “written” by Native Americans. Native Americans tell their stories, and non-Native Americans translate, record, and edit.
e
written by a ██████ ██ ███ ███████ ███ █████ ██ ████ █████████████ ██ █ ██████ ██ ███████ ███████
This best captures the meaning of the phrase. Non-Native Americans wrote the autobiographies based on oral recounting of life histories told by Native Americans.
Difficulty
61% of people who answer get this correct
This is a very difficult question.
It is slightly harder than the average question in this passage.
CURVE
Score of students with a 50% chance of getting this right
25%150
161
75%172
Analysis
Meaning in context (of word, phrase, or idea)
Structure
Humanities
Single position
Answer Popularity
PopularityAvg. score
a
12%
163
b
3%
158
c
2%
160
d
20%
163
e
61%
168
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