Genesis
Saint Francis of Assisi
Native American Creation Stories
Dr. Chara Armon Facts
100

The first sentence of the bible

What is "In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth." Gen 1:1

100

The hymn that St. Francis wrote

What is The Canticle of the Creatures

100

The main difference between Genesis and Native American creation stories

What is women

100

The amount of time Dr. Armon has been teaching at Villanova

What is 13 years and 5 months

200

Adam means this in Hebrew

What is "soil" or "earth"?

200

The two people who wrote about St. Francis of Assisi

What is Thomas of Celano and Julian of Speyer

200

The feminine creator in Pueblo creation stories

What is Spider Grandmother?

200

The college Dr. Armon received her masters and doctorate from

What is Cornell University

300

How long did it take God to create the Earth?

What is "By the seventh day God had finished the work he had been doing, so on the seventh day he rested from all his work." (Gen 2:2)

300

Name 3 of the 7 Brother/Sister Francis mentions in his Canticle of the Creatures

What is Brother Sun, Sister Moon, Brother Wind, Sister Water, Brother Fire, Sister Mother Earth, Sister Bodily Death?

300

How humans are created in a Hopi creation story

What is "After feeding the Sun honey and other savory items, Hard Beings Woman removed a piece of cuticle from her finger and hid it under a blanket in her bed." (Suzuki 34)

300

The name of Dr. Armon's dog

What is Stella

400

The main difference in Genesis 1 and 2 that describes how human are supposed to interact with the Earth

What is ruling over the Earth (Gen 1:28) versus taking care of it (Gen 2:15)

400

The Bible passage St. Francis uses to justify why he moves worms off of the street

What is "I am a worm and not a man..." (Psalm 22:6)

400

The first two human in an Acoma Pueblo creation story

What is twin sisters?
400

The two languages that Dr. Armon can speak

What is Italian and French

500

The passage in Genesis 2 that describes how God created humans

What is "The Lord God formed a man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being." (Gen 2:7)

500

The place where St. Francis composed this verse: 

Praised be You, my Lord, through our Sister Bodily Death, from whom no one living can escape. Woe to those who die in mortal sin. Blessed are those whom death will find in Your most holy will, for the second death shall do them no harm. 

What is his death bed?!?!?!?

500

The "creator-trickster extraordinaire" in Koyukon creation stories

What is the Raven

500

The middle school Dr. Armon attended

What is Jane Lathrop Stanford middle school