In studying the autobiographies of Native Americans, most scholars have focused on as-told-to life histories that were solicited, translated, recorded, and edited by non-Native American collaboratorsβthat emerged from . βββββββββββ βββββββββ ββββββββββββ βββ
Traditional approach to Native American autobiographies Β·Focused on histories translated, recorded, edited, by non-NA people
Other influences on autobiographical narrative Β·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
19.
Which one of the following βββββ ββ ββββ ββββββββββ ββββ βββ βββββ βββββ ββββββββ ββββ βββ ββββββ ββββββββββ ββ βββββββββββ ββββββ ββββββββ βββββββββ
Question Type
Implied
Principle or generalization
The author describes Native American conceptions of identity in P2: βdentity was not merely individual, but also relational to a society, a specific landscape, and the cosmos.β
a
A person who ββ ββββ ββββ βββ βββββ βββ ββ βββββββ ββ ββ βββββββ ββ βββββββ βββββ βββββββ β ββββ βββββ ββ ββββββ
If the member retains their birth name, this doesnβt reflect an identity thatβs relational to society. In fact, the author mentions in P2 that taking on new names is part of oral autobiography. So, keeping an old name doesnβt fit what the author describes.
b
A pictograph that ββββββββββ β ββββββββ ββββββ ββββββββββββ βββ ββββββ βββ β ββββββββββββββ
This is the best answer, because it reflects an identity that is relational to βthe cosmos.β Notice also that βpictographβ is mentioned in P3 as something that can be autobiographical. A pictograph that involves a combination of the individual and something broader than the individual (the cosmos, as represented by a constellation) is consistent with a conception of self that involves more than just the individual.
c
A similar ritual βββ ββββββββ β βββ ββββ ββ ββββ ββ βββββββ ββββββββββββ
We donβt know whether the new names in (C) are βrelational to a society, a specific landscape, or the cosmos.β
d
A name given ββ βββ ββββββ ββ β βββββββββ ββββββ ββ βββββ ββ βββββββ ββββββ ββ βββ ββββ ββββββββββ
We donβt know whether the name in (D) is βrelational to a society, a specific landscape, or the cosmos.β
We donβt know whether the shield in (E) reflects autobiographical elements. The fact that the shield canβt be traced to a particular tribe has no significance; we donβt know whether this suggests the shield tells something about the life of the person who used it.
Difficulty
74% of people who answer get this correct
This is a difficult question.
It is similar in difficulty to other questions in this passage.
CURVE
Score of students with a 50% chance of getting this right
25%140
153
75%167
Analysis
Implied
Principle or generalization
Humanities
Single position
Answer Popularity
PopularityAvg. score
a
4%
161
b
74%
167
c
8%
163
d
8%
163
e
5%
161
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