Read this excerpt from "The World on Turtle's Back."

These two brothers had creative powers, and with these powers they took clay and modeled it into animals. They used these animals to contend with one another. Each brother created a more powerful or more cunning animal than the next. They also created fruits, plants, and medicines for good and for evil. Finally, the right-handed twin made man. It is unknown whether or not the left-handed twin assisted in the creation of man. Man was the right-handed twin's favorite creation.

How does this support the idea that "The World on Turtle's Back" is a creation myth?

A. It explains the origin of people, animals, and plants.

B. It describes the rivalry between the two brothers.

C. It shows that animals and plants can represent good or evil.

D. It confirms that man was the right-handed twin's favorite animal.

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Campbell Collier

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9 January, 21:10

Read this excerpt from "The World on Turtle's Back."

These two brothers had creative powers, and with these powers they took clay and modeled it into animals. They used these animals to contend with one another. Each brother created a more powerful or more cunning animal than the next. They also created fruits, plants, and medicines for good and for evil. Finally, the right-handed twin made man. It is unknown whether or not the left-handed twin assisted in the creation of man. Man was the right-handed twin's favorite creation.

How does this support the idea that "The World on Turtle's Back" is a creation myth?

A. It explains the origin of people, animals, and plants.

B. It describes the rivalry between the two brothers.

C. It shows that animals and plants can represent good or evil.

D. It confirms that man was the right-handed twin's favorite animal.

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Tyrell · Answer 1

A. It explains the origin of people, animals, and plants.

Explanation:

The Iroquois myth "The World on Turtle's Back" is a myth about the creation of everything in the world by two brothers.

The provided passage talks of when the two brothers first started making these creatures as a form of making toys for playing. With their creative powers, they were able to bring forth real creatures or beings from whatever was made. And the competition to make better and more powerful being from the previous led to the creation of man. The mention of the right handed boy's creation of man in the end also is suggestive of the creation story. The whole passage talks of the twin brothers' creation of all animals and eventually man.