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Module 2
LIT 229
Brieanna Shook
11-05-23
Module 2 Quiz: Creation Myths
1.
The name of the recorder of Norse myth and the name of the work is:
a.
Hesiod: Theogony
b.
Snorri Sturluson: The Prose Edda
c.
Ovid: Metamorphosis
d.
Odin: The Poetic Edda
2.
True or false: One commonality shared by the Greek and Hebrew creation myths is that a woman was responsible for the ills of humanity; Pandora and Eve both disobeyed orders, and the result was catastrophic.
a.
True
b.
False
3.
In the Zuni creation myth, it is explained that "[. . .] salt weed always grows there [in Matsaka]. That is why Nutria is cold and the wind is from the east." This exemplifies which function of myth?
a.
Cosmological
b.
Etiological
c.
Psychological
d.
Anthropological
4.
The sacred text of the Mayans is the Popol Vuh
, which means:
a.
The Council or Community Book
b.
The Adventures of the Divine Twins
c.
The Mayan Book of the Dead
d.
The Mayan Codicil
5.
Chinese myths differ from many creation myths in other cultures because:
a.
The Chinese had no organized religion or set of beliefs
b.
They do not have a god who sets the universe in motion
c.
Women were considered fearsome and destructive
d.
The Monkey King was the ruler
6.
True or False: Creation myths often begin with darkness and an abyss or chasm; names for the abyss vary from Chaos in Greece to Ginnungagap in Norse myth.
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Module 2
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a.
True
b.
False
7.
The name of the recorder of the Greek creation myth and the names of his works are:
a.
Ovid: Metamorphosis and The Theogony
b.
Hesiod: Theogony and Works and Days
c.
Homer: The Iliad and The Odyssey
d.
Aeschylus: The Oresteia and Oedipus Rex
8.
Both the Greek and the Mesopotamian creation myths have intergenerational conflict. In Greece, Kronos kills his father Ouranos, then swallows his offspring because it is prophesied that one will depose him. Zeus is kept alive and kills his father. In Mesopotamia, Apsu wants to kill his offspring because they are noisy but is eventually dispatched instead. What is the best theory for the cause of the strife between generations in
Mesopotamia
?
a.
Societal changes and new social orders being established
b.
The need for parents to discipline their offspring
c.
Youth are just always rebellious
9.
The Zuni and Hopi creation myths both have the first creatures passing through:
a.
An abyss
b.
A reed swamp
c.
Four worlds
d.
A sunlit field
10. True or False: There are accounts of creation in Genesis that conflict with each other. The
variant myths are attributed to being composed by three authors or sets of authors. One is the J/Y (Jehovist or Yahwist), another is P (Priestly), and another is E (Elohist).
a.
True
b.
False
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