A. Mark the following statements as T(rue) or F(alse).
1.
"Cosmogonic" myths describe the origin of
important
ritual practices. T / F
2. The hero of ainos is severely
limited
by the power of fate and the gods. T / F
3. The content of myths tends to remain
relatively
stable over time. T / F
4. In immanent cosmogonies, the world is
created
by a detached deity T / F
5. Greek myth chiefly distinguishes
animals from
humans by the fact that animals do not cook their meat. T / F
6. The story of Prometheus’ trick is an
instance
of an aetiological myth. T / F
7. According to Jung, archetypes symbolize
repressed
sexual impulses. T / F
8. The story of Achilles is an example of
what
Greeks would call hieros mythos. T / F
9. "Parthenogenesis" is the name for the
act by
which ancestors are said to spring from rocks or trees. T / F
10. The worldview expressed in folktales
tends
to encourage absolute resignation to the way things are. T / F
B. Circle the best answer.
11.
According to Hesiod, which of the following
beings
is childless?
(A) Chaos (B) Cronus (C)
Eros
(D)
Uranus
12. The birth of Athena solves a problem in the
Theogony
because she
(A) is born from a castrated male (B)
never becomes sexually active (C) is swallowed by her father (D)
provides Zeus with an important weapon
13. The older Olympians are offspring of
(A) Gaea & Tartarus (B)
Zeus
& Hera (C) Uranus & Gaea (D) Cronus & Rhea
14. In terms of function, Zeus bears the closest
resemblance
to the Near Eastern god
(A) Enuma (B)
Prometheus (C)
Marduk (D) Apsu
15. In Mesopotamian myths, the primal gods
regret
creating the world because
(A) it has become morally corrupt (B)
the younger gods are too noisy (C) their offspring are at war
with
one another (D) human beings are defective servants
16. To say that myths are "homeostatic"
means
that
they
(A) remain constant over time
(B)
mirror the expectations of each new audience (C) flourish only
in
preliterate societies (D) transmit traditional beliefs
17. Euhemerist interpretations of myths
attempt
to uncover their
(A) psychological significance (B)
moral message (C) hidden structure (D) historical basis
18. The major focus of Kingship in
Heaven
and The Song of Ullikummi is
(A) father/son conflict (B)
female
reproductive powers (C) separation of a primal pair (D)
categorization
of things in the world
19. Uranus bears the closest resemblance
to which
of the following deities?
(A) Marduk (B) Tiamat (C)
Apsu (D) Cronus
20. In Hesiod’s account of origins, the
principal
function of Eros is to:
(A) mate with Chaos (B)
encourage
sexual desire (C) mate with Gaea (D)
give
birth to Uranus