HUMA 5 final review pt 1

Question 1

To the contemporary, Western person, what is the difference between history and myth?

Accepted Answer

History records events from the past; myth concerns values

Question 2

What is a common interpretation of the biblical fall, according to your textbook?

Accepted Answer

It is a story of the human condition: existential crisis

Question 3

Which story is the source of the plot of Romeo and Juliet?

Accepted Answer

Pyramus and Thisbe

Question 4

Myths began as oral literature, before being written down.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 5

What does the word "adam" mean in Hebrew?

Accepted Answer

Man

Question 6

Who is the supreme god or ultimate reality in Hinduism?

Accepted Answer

Brahman

Question 7

What is the role of Brahma in Rudra myth?

Accepted Answer

Creator

Question 8

What is Albert Camus' conclusion about Sisyphus?

Accepted Answer

Sisyphus is happy

Question 9

In reference to Zoroastrianism, to what does dualism or duality refer?

Accepted Answer

Two competing gods, one good and the other, evil

Question 10

What is the common plot among the "four parallel stories"?

Accepted Answer

Women lying about a man assaulting them

Question 11

Choose the unique characteristic of the flood myth of Egypt.

Accepted Answer

Blood floods the earth

Question 12

Which love myth concludes with the lovers turning into oak trees with their trunks entwined?

Accepted Answer

Baucis and Philemon

Question 13

What is a common theme in flood myths?

Accepted Answer

Humanity angering the gods, and the gods cleansing the earth

Question 14

If myths of the hero are allegories, what are they portraying?

Accepted Answer

The trials that humans face

Question 15

In the context of this course, which of the following is the best definition for a myth?

Accepted Answer

Truth

Question 16

Which psychologist thought myths were a projection of our deepest desires and values?

Accepted Answer

Signmund Freud

Question 17

Ahura Mazda, or Ormazd, is the supreme, good god of which religion?

Accepted Answer

Zoroastrianism

Question 18

Which of the following is not true about how Freud viewed myths?

Accepted Answer

As a means for teaching the history of the natural world

Question 19

Which psychologist thought myths were depictions of the unconscious mind, called archetypes?

Accepted Answer

Jung

Question 20

Which lesson can be learned from the story of Midas?

Accepted Answer

Don't be greedy

Question 21

What is unique in the story of Manu and the Fish?

Accepted Answer

There is no mention of gods

Question 22

How might the Greek story, the "Five Ages of Man", be interpretted?

Accepted Answer

Past paradise and explains humanity's current, bad condition

Question 23

Revelation is universally understood by scholars to concern a future end of the world.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 24

What is the name for a given group of gods, belonging to a particular mythology?

Accepted Answer

Pantheon

Question 25

What makes the God of the Bible and the creation story unique?

Accepted Answer

God is separate and supreme above creation

Question 26

Who is the supreme god in Norse mythology?

Accepted Answer

Odin

Question 27

Which myth explains involved the god of love turning into a swan to be with his lover?

Accepted Answer

Angus Og

Question 28

What is the plot twist in the story of Cupid and Psyche?

Accepted Answer

Psyche's lover was actually extremely handsome

Question 29

Where is the origin of Zoroastrianism?

Accepted Answer

Modern-day Iran

Question 30

Which myth ends with the characer being turned into a spider?

Accepted Answer

Arachne

Question 31

The discovery of parallel myths featured most prominently during which historical era?

Accepted Answer

age of exploration

Question 32

Which apocalyptic myth doesn't explicitly refer to the creation of a new heaven and earth?

Accepted Answer

The Islamic Apocalyptic Myth

Question 33

Which form of Judaism emerged out of the 19th century demythologization movements in Europe?

Accepted Answer

Reform

Question 34

Broadly speaking, to what does the word existential refer?

Accepted Answer

Meaning of life

Question 35

Which of the following is an example of a modern civic myth?

Accepted Answer

Make America Great Again

Question 36

Which love myth ends with the woman turning into a tree to escape her pursuer?

Accepted Answer

Apollo and Daphne

Question 37

What is the meaning of the word anthropomorphic?

Accepted Answer

Related to humanity, such as a personification

Question 38

What is the meaning of the word objective?

Accepted Answer

Scientific fact that is independently verifiable

Question 39

To what does polytheism refer?

Accepted Answer

belief in many gods

Question 40

Which myth of the hero ends with the hero being killed by a former lover?

Accepted Answer

Siegfried

HUMA 5 final review pt 1

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HUMA 5 final review pt 1

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