NUMBERS
Characters
Fill-in-the-Blank
Frame Stories
Hinduism
100
Number of major caste systems in Hinduism (HARAJAN/DALIT/UNTOUCHABLES are not a caste system)
What is 4 ?
100
character who valued his dharma more than his life
Who is Sibi ?
100
Panchatantra is a collection of ancient _____________.
What is fables?
100
Primary purpose of frame story
What is to explain the inside stories?
100
Only way to escape the rebirth cycle is to reach this
What is nirvana?
200
Number of chapters found in the Panchatantra
What is 5?
200
Anansi, the most well-known trickster figure is from this culture
REGULAR: What is West African? HONORS/APprep: What is the Ashanti ? Ghana, Togo, Ivory Coast
200
The Kauravas' father was disqualified for kingship because he was ______________
What is blind ?
200
Oftentimes a character in one story takes on this role next
What is narrator?
200
unique duties of each individual
What is dharma?
300
number of years the Thousand and One Nights is supposed to cover
What is 3?
300
Which character killed his prize falcon?
Who is King Sinbad?
300
"Tselene and the Giant" is best classified as a(n) ______________
What is escape tale?
300
world's longest epic
What is The Mahabharata?
300
If a Hindu's _____________ is bad, he will be reincarnated in a lower position in the caste system
What is Karma?
400
number of years the Pandavas are exiled
What is 12?
400
Two characters who are causing the conflict for Sibi
Who is the Hawk and the Dove ?
400
A griot's first official performance is of a(n) __________
What is epic?
400
Contains brothers who are in conflict with each other over a throne
What is A Thousand and One Nights?
400
Harijan or Dalit
What are the untouchables ?
500
Number of Kaurava brothers minus the number of Pandavas plus the number of foolish sons
What is 97?
500
Which character is the narrator of King Yunan and Dr. Duban?
Who is the fisherman?
500
Reg: A Hindu should keep his word because it is part of his _________. Honors/APprep: A Dalang is a storyteller who uses _________ to engage his audience.
Reg: What is dharma Honors/APprep: What are shadow puppets?
500
REG: Number of years it takes an apprentice to become a master griot MULTIPLIED by the number of outside frame stories containing royalty HONORS APprep: Three cultural strands found in the Thousand and One Nights
Regular: What is 150? Honors APprep: What are Persian, Arabic (Bagdhad, Iraq), and Egyptian (Cairo, Egypt) ?
500
Hindus can be reincarnated as a human, animal or even a(n) ____________________.
What is an insect?
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