ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

LITERATURE QUESTIONS

NATIVE AMERICAN LITERATURE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
In “The Grizzlies Walked Upright” the chief of the sky spirits has a daughter
A
True
B
False
C
Either A or B
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Who finds the red haired daughter of the Chief of the Sky Spirit? A grizzly bear out hunting to provide for his family finds the little red haired daughter, and takes her home where he and his wife brought her up with their family of cubs.

Detailed explanation-2: -They took the Spirit Chief’s daughter and married her to their oldest son, creating a new race. What do the grizzly bears do that angers the Chief of the Sky Spirit? He forbids them to talk or walk upright; this affects his grandchildren, the first Indians, because they scatter and wonder over the Earth.

Detailed explanation-3: -On a very windy day, Sky Spirit sent his daughter to the Wind spirit to request a decrease in the wind. She was sent out with a warning not to look upon the horizon which she failed to heed. Hence she was taken away by the winds.

Detailed explanation-4: -The grizzly bears anger the Chief of the Sky Spirits because they have created a new race with his daughter who has grown much older. The Chief is mad that he wasn’t the own who created a new race.

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