Mythology Fall Exam Review

Question 1

Complete the analogy: Vulcan: Hephaestus: : Diana: __________?

Accepted Answer

Artemis

Question 2

Also called Maenads, drunken women in service of Dionysus?

Accepted Answer

Bacchantes

Question 3

Anthropomorphic means "in the shape of man" or gods like people.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 4

Which age was left out on the last question?

Accepted Answer

age of heroes

Question 5

Dionysus is both a god of joy and savagery, because wine can be both a sign of freindship and cruelty.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 6

Deucalion and Pyrrha repopulated the earth by . . .

Accepted Answer

throwing stones over their shoulders

Question 7

The las ingredient in Pandora&#x27;s box was hope.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 8

Complete the analogy: Hera : Juno : : Ares : __________?

Accepted Answer

Mars

Question 9

Where the home of the gods is; a place of perfect happiness.

Accepted Answer

Mount Olympus

Question 10

The jealous wife of Zeus is . . .

Accepted Answer

Hera

Question 11

The Nereids, Naiads, Dryads, and Oreads are nymphs who live in trees, streams, etc.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 12

Athena/Minerva was born out of the head of Zeus.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 13

Pan, or Satyr, was part man and part goat.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 14

The seasons are explained by the myth of Demeter and Prometheus.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 15

The Greek parallel to Eve in Genesis is . . .

Accepted Answer

Pandora

Question 16

The principal Greek writer of mythology is . . .

Accepted Answer

Homer

Question 17

She was a goddess in Enuma Elish who was slaughtered and her body given to form the earth.

Accepted Answer

Tiamat

Question 18

The god who ate his children in the Greek myth is . . .

Accepted Answer

Cronus

Question 19

The myth which does NOT say that the human was created from clay / dirt / dust is . . .

Accepted Answer

Norse

Question 20

He held the theory that all myths have historical basis

Accepted Answer

Euhemerus

Question 21

A recurring motif in various creation myths is . . .

Accepted Answer

both red and blue

Question 22

In Egyptian mythology, gods were frequently described as animals such as falcons or jackals.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 23

The parents of the Titans are . . .

Accepted Answer

Gaea and Uranus

Question 24

Complete the analogy: Hades: Pluto: : Hestia: __________?

Accepted Answer

Vesta

Question 25

Complete the analogy: Pan: Faunas: : Demeter: __________?

Accepted Answer

Ceres

Question 26

In the Hebrew version of creation (Genesis), God is seen as supreme, purposeful, and benign.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 27

There are nine Muses.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 28

Roman Numina are sacred animals of the Roman people.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 29

The Indonesian people attribute the presence of death in the world to human choice of a banana over a stone.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 30

Complete the analogy: Mercury: Hermes: : Jupiter: __________?

Accepted Answer

Zeus

Question 31

Hesiod&#x27;s view of creation is known as . . .

Accepted Answer

Theogony

Question 32

The Cyclopes and Hecatonchires are the monstrous children of Zeus.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 33

Jung believed in both a personal and collective unconscious.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 34

Aeolus is the King of the Winds.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 35

The Greek goddess of love and beauty is . . .

Accepted Answer

Aphrodite

Question 36

The theater originated as a festival in honor of Demeter.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 37

The brother of Prometheus (name means afterthought) is . . .

Accepted Answer

Epimetheus

Question 38

The Roman god of good beginningsis . . .

Accepted Answer

Janus

Question 39

Mercury/Hermes is usually pictured with armor, and the vulture is his emblem.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 40

She is the goddess of the rainbow.

Accepted Answer

Iris

Question 41

"Cast behind you the bones of your mother" means to cast stones to create people.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 42

The theory that psychological conditions lead people to create myths belogs to . . .

Accepted Answer

Malinowski

Question 43

The Titan who gave fire to mortals is . . .

Accepted Answer

Prometheus

Question 44

Prometheus was punished by being chained to a rock and tortured by a vulture.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 45

The Hindu hymn of creation is . . .

Accepted Answer

Rig Veda

Question 46

The young man who sleeps forever because the moon goddes fell in love with him is . . .

Accepted Answer

Enddymion

Question 47

Narcissus rejected the love of the nymph Echo and fell in love with his own face.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 48

Hector was the greatest warrior on the Trojan side.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 49

The Babylonian creation story is . . .

Accepted Answer

Enuma Elish

Question 50

Achilles thought of the idea of the Trojan Horse.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 51

Lethe was the river of forgetfulness in the underworld.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 52

The Greek god of love is Eros.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 53

The Greek god of the sea whose symbol is the trident is . . .

Accepted Answer

Poseidon

Question 54

Callisto swam the Hellespont nightly to see my beloved Hero.

Accepted Answer

False

Mythology Fall Exam Review

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Mythology Fall Exam Review

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