This story was also considered an Epic that we read in class.
What is The Epic of Gilgamesh?
200
This was the empire that the story set in.
What is the Mali Empire?
200
Sansun Berete, Dankaran and Sumaworo all represented the opposition against Sunjata, Dankaran in particular. This literary term describes him best.
What is a protagonist?
200
This person is Sunjata's half brother.
What (Who) is Dankaran?
200
This is the virtue, righteousness, and duty, especially in social and caste duty in accord with the cosmic order.
What is dharma?
200
This piece of literature (play) focused heavily on the idea of loyalty.
What is the play Antigone?
300
The type of people who passed down the story of Sunjata.
What is a griot?
300
Sunjata struggled with this physical challenge until the age of seven.
What is a lame or a cripple?
300
This person is Sunjata's mother.
What (Who) is Sogolon?
300
This is a set of mental pictures or images a reader experiences while reading a work of literature.
What is imagery?
300
This text(s) focused on the wickedness of a woman.
What is the book of Genesis/Ramayana/Epic of Gilgamesh?
400
The story of Sunjata was first told this way.
What is an oral tradition?
400
This person was the king before Dankaran stole the throne.
What (Who) is King Maghan?
400
This person plotted against Sogolon to assure that her son claimed the throne as expected due to the birth right inheritance.
What (Who) is Sansun Berete?
400
This is a spoken relation and preservation, from one generation to the next, of a people's cultural history and ancestry, often told by a storyteller in narrative form.
What is an oral tradition?
400
In this African story we also saw the use of oral tradition.
What is the Tale of Sinhue?
500
Of the three great Medieval Empires, Mali is this number.
What is the number two?
500
Sunjata had to defeat this person to become the king.
What(Who) is Sumaworo?
500
Dankaran lost the throne to this person and was ultimately sent into exile just like he once sent his brother.
What (Who) is Sumarworo?
500
This is defined as faithful adherence.
What is loyalty?
500
This is a piece of literature that we read in class that focused on the issue of birth right inheritance.