The trickster tales, such as the Br'er Rabbit stories of the American South, may be seen as:
a. A thinly veiled protest against oppression and domination.
b. No more than foolish stories that have no real significance.
c. A product of a society with limited interest in verbal folklore.
d. The protest of the little worker against the modern bureaucracy.
e. Particularly characteristic of an egalitarian society.
Question 2
In the Spanish understanding of bullfighting, the matador is:
a. An angry combatant who uses force to vanquish his enemy.
b. A male seeking revenge for an insult or infidelity.
c. An honorable male: skilled, self-controlled, and calm.
d. The passive victim of the forces of nature.
e. Demonstrating the principle that violence should always be met with violence.
Painting of a Colonial American boy holding a pet squirrel.
Two women having a conversation using American Sign Language.
A depiction of slaves on a South Carolina plantation, around 1790. Likely of Yoruba descent, they pl
American Lives: Davy Crockett
The Kinsey Report on American Women