Read this excerpt from "The World on Turtle's Back."With the deer antler, the right-handed twin demolished his brother. The left-handed twin died, but he didn't die. He was hurled off the edge of the earth by his brother. In this dark world below the earth, the left-handed twin still lives and reigns.The right-handed twin lives in the Sky-World and he is content with the world he helped to create. The left-handed twin lives in the world below. He, too, is content with the world of men. He delights in the sounds of warfare and suffering. These two beings rule the world and look after the affairs of men. During the day people have rituals to honor the right-handed twin. At night they dance and sing for the left-handed twin.Based on this excerpt, it is reasonable to conclude that
Read this excerpt from "The World on Turtle's Back."Without knowing it, the right and left-handed twins built balance into the world. The plant-eating animals created by the right-handed twin balanced out the meat-eating animals created by the left-handed twin. And so the world thrived, and this was good.Which statement best describes the purpose of this excerpt?
"The World on Turtle's Back" is a creation myth because it
Read this quotation from "The World on Turtle's Back."The woman placed the dirt on Turtle's back and performed a ritual to create the earth. She walked around the dirt in the direction of the sun until the earth grew large enough. Then she planted the roots from the Great Tree and continued her ritual to keep the earth growing. Like the sun she kept moving around the earth, in the same direction the people still do in dance rituals today.The main purpose of this quotation is to
Read this excerpt from "The World on Turtle's Back."One day, when the girl had become a woman, a man appeared. No one knows where this man came from. Perhaps he was sent from the Gods above. The girl was so filled with wonder to see this strange man, she lost her senses and fainted. The man yielded two very different arrows, and laid them across the body of the girl in opposite directions, then he disappeared.Which statement best describes the significance of the arrows?
According to "The World on Turtle's Back," which best demonstrates the Iroquois view of women?
Read this excerpt from "The World on Turtle's Back."The right-handed twin accused his brother of murdering their mother and their quarrels continued until it was time to bury their mother. With the help of their grandmother, they made her a grave. From her head grew the three sister plants, corn, beans, and squash. From her heart grew tobacco, which people still use to give thanks in ceremony. She is called “our mother” and the people dance and sing to her to make the plants grow.The excerpt suggests that the Iroquois believed that
In the beginning of "The World on Turtle's Back," why did the husband become "terrified"?
Based on "The World on Turtle's Back," which statement best describes the Iroquois attitude toward nature and the environment?
The Iroquois perform rituals to honor the twins in "The World on Turtle's Back," illustrating the Iroquoian belief that
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