Ch.5 – Myths Of Creation Ii The Origins Of – Test Bank Docx - Classical Myth 9e | Test Bank Powell by Barry B. Powell. DOCX document preview.
Chapter 5: Myths of Creation II: The Origins of Mortals
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 05 - Question 01
1. Who is most often portrayed as the maker of human beings in Greek myth?
a. Poseidon
b. Prometheus
c. Hephaestus
d. The Titans
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Title: Chapter 05 - Question 02
2. According to a popular etymology, Prometheus’ name means “_______.”
a. surprise
b. forelearner
c. successor
d. deceiver
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Title: Chapter 05 - Question 03
3. Ever since Prometheus’ theft, human beings have enjoyed the permanent possession of _______.
a. dominion over animals
b. agriculture
c. water
d. fire
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Title: Chapter 05 - Question 04
4. Which of the following are among the skills taught to human beings by Prometheus?
a. hunting
b. seafaring
c. writing
d. medicine
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Title: Chapter 05 - Question 05
5. Prometheus did Zeus a great favor when he told Zeus that an oracle about a certain woman who would give birth to a son greater than his father referred to _______.
a. Thetis
b. Hera
c. Athena
d. Andromeda
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Title: Chapter 05 - Question 06
6. Which of the following etiologies are all mixed together and explained in the folktale of Pandora?
a. The origin of marriage
b. The origins of sacrifice
c. The origin of suffering in the world
d. The origin of woman
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Title: Chapter 05 - Question 07
7. Pandora’s name probably means “_______.”
a. first evil
b. all-giver
c. unreturnable
d. far-reaching
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Title: Chapter 05 - Question 08
8. The Greek word amnion is used both for the membrane that surrounds the fetus and for _______.
a. a jar that holds the blood of sacrifice
b. a ritual knife
c. a new beginning
d. a bread basket
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Title: Chapter 05 - Question 09
9. The Greeks sometimes called a pregnant woman a “_______.”
a. cypress tree
b. victor’s crown
c. beehive
d. closed jar
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Title: Chapter 05 - Question 10
10. Which of the following are characteristics of Hesiod’s golden race?
a. The land yielded grain in abundance
b. There was no old age and depression
c. After death, they became spirits on the earth, protecting mortals
d. Children stayed young for a hundred years
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Title: Chapter 05 - Question 11
11. Which of the following are characteristics of Hesiod’s bronze race?
a. They were terrible, strong, and violent
b. They descended into the realm of Hades after death
c. They were noble and fought in famous wars, like the one at Troy
d. Their weapons and houses were made of bronze
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Title: Chapter 05 - Question 12
12. Which race is Hesiod’s own?
a. The race of marble
b. The race of bronze
c. The race of heroes
d. The race of iron
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Title: Chapter 05 - Question 13
13. Who rules over the Isles of the Blessed, according to Hesiod?
a. Zeus
b. Prometheus
c. Cronus
d. Heracles
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Title: Chapter 05 - Question 14
14. Only _______, because of his goodness, was saved from the flood that Yahweh sent.
a. Enlil
b. Gilgamesh
c. Atrahasis
d. Noah
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Title: Chapter 05 - Question 15
15. The hero of the Akkadian version of the flood story is _______.
a. Enlil
b. Gilgamesh
c. Atrahasis
d. Noah
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Title: Chapter 05 - Question 16
16. After the flood, Yahweh commands humans to do what two things?
a. Execute those humans who murder other humans
b. Have no other god before Yahweh
c. Cover their heads when worshipping
d. Not eat animal blood
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Title: Chapter 05 - Question 17
17. Deucalion’s wife Pyrrha is the daughter of _______.
a. Zeus and Themis
b. Oceanus and Tethys
c. Pandora and Epimetheus
d. Poseidon and Themis
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Title: Chapter 05 - Question 18
18. Who are the three sons of Hellên?
a. Dorus
b. Cephisus
c. Aeolus
d. Xuthus
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Title: Chapter 05 - Question 19
19. In the Greek version of the story of Deucalion and Pyrrha, there is a play on which two words?
a. laos, “people”
b. logos, “word”
c. laas, “stone”
d. lophos, “hill”
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Title: Chapter 05 - Question 20
20. Eve’s name seems derived from a Hebrew root meaning “_______.”
a. to learn
b. to seek
c. to love
d. to live
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Title: Chapter 05 - Question 21
21.
Who is rising from the earth on the far right side of this illustration?
a. Aphrodite
b. Athena
c. Pandora
d. Hellên