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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
18.
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Question Type
Purpose in context (of word, phrase, or idea)
Structure
The author mentions “self, life, and writing” as examples of things Native Americans and Europeans had different assumptions about.
This best captures the purpose of the phrase. Native Americans and Europeans had different ideas about “self, life, and writing,” and this is why Native American autobiographies are different from European-style autobiographies.
b
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The author never compares early Native American understanding with modern Native American understanding.
c
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The author never suggests that “self, life, and writing” changed in meaning over time.
d
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The author never proposes that “self, life, and writing” have similar origins in European and Native American cultures.
e
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The author never describes how the assumptions underlying European-style autobiography arose.
Difficulty
90% of people who answer get this correct
This is a moderately difficult question.
It is somewhat easier than other questions in this passage.
CURVE
Score of students with a 50% chance of getting this right
25%130
142
75%153
Analysis
Purpose in context (of word, phrase, or idea)
Structure
Humanities
Single position
Answer Popularity
PopularityAvg. score
a
90%
167
b
3%
161
c
1%
160
d
2%
157
e
4%
161
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