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Foster #2 HOW TO READ LIT Bible Fairy Tales Greeks H2O = 15 pts
Foster #2 HOW TO READ LIT Bible Fairy Tales Greeks H2O = 15 pts
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1
Which story does Foster say is primarily about family abandonment and finding love through perseverance?
Sleeping Beauty
Cinderella
Jack and Jill
Itsy Bitsy Spider
2
What dramatic events are ushered in by four haunting beings riding the backs of horses?
The end times apocalypse
The harp playing of young David
The rising and setting sun
The Passover plagues in Egypt
3
Foster asserts that snow can be used in what two ways?
endomorphically and ectomorphically
internally and externally
introvertedly and extrovertedly
negatively and positively
4
Before the mid-20th Century, the Bible was a core part of learning what skill according to Foster?
Memorizing
Reading
Avoidance
Persevering
5
What sign does Foster point out was originally given as a promise of peace between heaven and earth?
fog
clouds
the rainbow
aqueducts
6
Which biblical story does Foster say is about avoiding circumstances but being devoured by them anyway?
Jeremiah being thrown into a musty cistern
Jonah being swallowed by the large fish
David comitting adultery with Bath-sheba
GIdeon marching his army seven times around Jericho
7
What does Foster cite as one of the deepest universal human fears?
going over a waterfall
being covered in snow
drowning
entrapment in a coffin
8
What work about fractured families, blindness, and getting "insight" is thought to be the greatest tragedy ever written?
Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy
Oedipus the King
Milton's Paradise Lost
Thor and Lokkhi
9
Foster defines myth as a body of stories that matter because they run deeply in
...the corridors of goverment.
...the human psyche.
...the marketplace of buying and selling.
...the philosophies of successful businesses.
10
What work originally written by a Roman was later adapted by a Czech writer early in the 20th Century?
Cicero's Orations
Ovid's "Metamorphosis"
Anton Chekov's The Cherry Orchard
Wolfgang Von Goethe's Faust
11
What Hellenistic works does Foster highlight as having brought a huge influence by Greek culture?
The Magna Carta and Declaration of Independence
Virgil's Aeneid and Caesar's Gallic Wars
Homer of Chios' Iliad and Odyssey
The Epic of Gilgamesh and the Enuma Elish
12
Which fairy tale does Foster say is better covered under the Vampires chapter?
Little Red Riding Hood
Goldilocks
The Frog Princess
Alice in Wonderland
13
Which two famous fairy tales are about entering alternative worlds to learn deep lessons?
Alice in Wonderland and The Wizard of Oz
Little Jack Horner & Old King Cole
Simple Simon & Chicken Little
The Three Pigs & Henny Penny
14
What Bible story does Foster say is primarily about temptation and disregard of authority?
Elijah's battle with Baal's prophets on Mt. Carmel
The Garden of Eden
The visions of John in Revelation
Moses' striking the rock twice
15
What is represented by wicked queens, manipulative mothers or stepmothers, and old decrepit characters?
Wisdom and Insight
Evil and/or Darkness
Confusion and Commendation
Hope and Help
16
The primary significance of precipitation and moisture according to Foster is
the repetitive motion of using a pump.
fertility and life.
an ability to avoid parched speech.
the sprinkling of the gods' tears.