Category: World literature

ENGL 2110 Online
Reading Quiz 2: Sunjata
Download this document and then, underneath each question, type your answer. Submit your completed quiz to the appropriate iCollege drop box. The purpose of the quiz is to give credit to students who read the assigned documents posted in iCollege. This means that credit for each item (4 points each) will be awarded only to answers that come from the assigned reading and are spelled as they are in the assigned reading. SPELLING MATTERS. These questions cover ALL the documents on the Sunjata epic posted in iCollege. It’s your job to find out which document contains the answer to each question.
Note: There are countless versions of the Sunjata story available on the internet. NONE of them have ANYTHING to do with your assignments in this class. The ONLY version of the Sunjata story that concerns you for this class is the version from the third edition of the Norton Anthology of World Literature that is synopsized and excerpted and posted in iCollege. Anything you turn in that refers to ANYTHING from another version of the story will receive ZERO credit.
What is the Mande word for the bard or griot responsible for reciting traditional stories such as the epic of Sunjata?
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2.  At the start of the Sunjata epic, King Maghan Konfara is faced with two problems. One is that he has no male heir to succeed him on the throne. What is his other problem?
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3. When the two Sharifu hunters, Karimi and Kassimu, first meet Do Kamisa, they tell her she reminds them of someone. Who is the person they say she reminds them of?
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4. Complete the quotation by providing the exact six words that are missing: “Fakoli is a dramatic figure not only because of his formidable magical powers but because ____.” (six words). Type the six words here:  
5.  Complete the quotation by providing the exact five words that are missing: “It is the crocodile of the stream that leads one to ___________________________.” (five words)
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6. What is special about the buffalo’s tail?
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7. Sunjata becomes a skillful hunter. When the nine sorceresses conspire to kill him, he dissuades them and gains their favor by going hunting and returning with a gift for them. This gift is three _______________. (One word. You must be accurate, specific, and use the exact same word used in the story.)
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8. After Dankaran Tuman fails to assassinate Sunjata, Sunjata vows to take revenge against Tuman, who is his half-brother. A wise woman intercedes and persuades Sunjata not to resort to violence. What is this woman’s complete name? (You must provide both her first and last name, and you must spell the entire name correctly.)
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9.Dankaran Tuman is not defeated by Sunjata. Instead, he loses the throne to a usurper who takes over the kingship of all the Mande peoples while Sunjata is in exile. This tyrannical usurper becomes Sunjata’s arch-rival whom he must ultimately face in battle. What is this arch-rival’s name? (You must spell it correctly.)
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10. According to some scholars, Djanka Tassey Conde’s version of the Sunjata epic ends in an unusual and surprising way. This is because at the end of Conde’s version, the warrior Fakoli does what?
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After listening to the lecture on Sunjata posted in iCollege, select one or more key ideas explained by the instructor in this lecture, summarize the instructor’s point or points in your own words (not all his points, just the point or points that you selected), and then respond to this content thoughtfully with your own ideas. By doing this, you should answer this question: how does the lecture content that you summarized enrich your understanding of the epic of Sunjata? In order to get credit for this response, you must demonstrate that you not only read all the Week 3 posted documents but also listened to and understood the Kaltura lecture posted in iCollege. here the link to the lecture <<  https://youtu.be/bgBlKSy_QRU  >>

Please do the “essay task” not the “creative task” and use the first prompt: “How does Oe use the baby’s condition as a metaphor for the protagonist’s inner turmoil (or as a metaphor for a decaying Japanese culture after WW2) and his struggle to confront his own sense of guilt and responsibility?”
All evidence used in the essay must be from the book “A Personal Matter” by Kenzaburo Oe.
Ive attached the pdf with the instructions below.

The Bhagavadgita can be read as having the primary purpose of instructing Arjuna (and the reader) about how to act properly in a confusing and emotionally charged situation. What are the key teachings about how one is to act properly in such a situation (or in any situation). You must cite and discuss some specific, key passages from the Bhagavadgita to support or illustrate your points.
Essay requirements:
The essay response must be 1200-1500 words in length.
All arguments or statements made about the Bhagavadgita need to be rooted in these text themselves, and this needs to be made clear through direct reference to these texts.
Every reference to an idea in the text, every paraphrase of something in the text, and every direct quotation must be followed by a citation in parentheses with a page number.
Direct quotation of a passage from the text should be used only in order to present an analysis of the passage. The student should never quote from the text something that can be paraphrased in the student’s own words.
No works cited page or bibliography is required.