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Which of these methods relates the miraculous nature of Athene's birth? |
| | A) | Sprung from the God Zeus' forehead. |
| | B) | Spewed forth from Gaea's Mount Olympus. |
| | C) | Born of mist on the sea. |
| | D) | Descended from the Moon. |
| | E) | Daughter of Goddess Hera and mortal Perseus. |
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The importance of Athene's miraculous birth is that it allows a God to usurp the female reproductive role. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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The birth of Athene symbolically denotes her mythical attribute of wisdom. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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Hera hides the illegitimate birth of Athene, symbolically tying Athene's mythical nature to that of the hidden Moon. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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Dionysus was born of which of the following? |
| | A) | The breath of Poseidon. |
| | B) | The thigh of Zeus. |
| | C) | The giant Titan. |
| | D) | The mating of Zeus and Hera. |
| | E) | The mating of Aphrodite and Ares. |
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The births of Athene and Dionysus give each a symbolic and mythical character that can be seen as representing the contradictory attributes of rationalism versus emotionalism. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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Dionysus the God of... |
| | A) | War |
| | B) | Intoxication |
| | C) | Universal Law |
| | D) | Underworld |
| | E) | Fire |
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The actions of Greek gods and goddesses... |
| | A) | demonstrate complex, contradictory natures. |
| | B) | require the involvement of human sacrifice. |
| | C) | conform to the natural order of the universe. |
| | D) | demonstrate high moral standards. |
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The involvement of the Greek gods in the affairs of humans is personal, involving seductions of mortals, interference in wars and transforming mortals into spiders, cows and trees. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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Signs, augaries, and oracles were thought by the Greeks as the means that the gods used in communication with humans rather than personal appearances. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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Which is not an aspect of myth? |
| | A) | It springs from anonymous storytellers. |
| | B) | It explains the workings of nature in terms of military strategy. |
| | C) | It is an attempt to explain world order. |
| | D) | It attempts to inject meaning into the complexities of existence. |
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The word "Myth" derives from the term "mythos" which means... |
| | A) | Mycenae. |
| | B) | monstrous. |
| | C) | imaginary. |
| | D) | utterance. |
| | E) | magical. |
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One reason for the variation and even contradictory changes to a given myth is that Greek city/states... |
| | A) | were isolated. |
| | B) | used differing endings to teach gender roles. |
| | C) | were changes from myths about witches, elves and fairies. |
| | D) | used them to compete in dramatic oratory contests in early Olympics. |
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Greek myths often attempted to link the genealogy of wealthy families to the gods. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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Myth would NOT be seen as... |
| | A) | based on values, attributes and expectations of Greek culture. |
| | B) | religious codes arising after the Great Deluge. |
| | C) | stories of the heroic conflicts of Greece's prehistoric past. |
| | D) | products of creative imagination reacting to material and psychological forces. |
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One (controversial) distinction between myth and folklore is... |
| | A) | folklore is only about nature gods before the arrival of the Greek gods. |
| | B) | folklore is about more humble people, including kings, fairies, witches but not about gods and goddesses. |
| | C) | folklore stories contain music and songs. |
| | D) | folklore is not based on historical fact as is myth. |
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Sagas were... |
| | A) | stories about Position. |
| | B) | stories that interconnected tales of cities or families. |
| | C) | tales about sailors. |
| | D) | stories about philosophical sages. |
| | E) | historical tragedies. |
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Folktales have been considered as stories of humans struggling against the limits of mortality |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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According to the text, legends differ from myths in that... |
| | A) | they have a nucleus of historic fact. |
| | B) | they are about witches, elves and fairies. |
| | C) | they are about common people, not gods and goddesses. |
| | D) | they are about dreams, oracles and signs. |
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Aristotle gives the plot structure of myth as... |
| | A) | conflict between major characters, rising to a climax, resolved through accommodation or reconciliation. |
| | B) | conflict between major characters, rising to a climax, ending in war and destruction. |
| | C) | conflict between various gods and goddesses for control of various Greek city/states, resulting in temporary control and recognition of a "patron god." |
| | D) | conflict between heroes and monstrous creatures for control of the earth, resolving in saving the earth for human habitation. |
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Tragic dramatists varied aspects of prevailing myths to... |
| | A) | immortalize themselves. |
| | B) | eulogize departed aristocrats. |
| | C) | to appease the "patron god." |
| | D) | be relevant to their own day. |
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Which is NOT a prevalent motif in heroic myth? |
| | A) | insatiable desire to accomplish extraordinary deeds. |
| | B) | martial skill. |
| | C) | phenomenal strength. |
| | D) | intellect and education. |
| | E) | personal courage. |
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The return home is an important element of a hero's quest. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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Which is NOT generally a prominent theme of Greek myth? |
| | A) | acts of violence. |
| | B) | heroic conflict. |
| | C) | sexual aggression |
| | D) | warfare. |
| | E) | life-long fidelity. |
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After the noble heroes defeat the evil adversariess, Greek myth generally has a happy ending. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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Family strife is often a feature in Greek myth. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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Sexual aggression in Greek myth generally does NOT include... |
| | A) | murder. |
| | B) | homosexuality. |
| | C) | rape. |
| | D) | incest. |
| | E) | treachery. |
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Greek myth tries to overcome the sense of inevitability of human suffering. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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The concept of "humanism" in regard to Greek myth does NOT include... |
| | A) | anthrocentrism. |
| | B) | anthropomorphism. |
| | C) | indirect influence by the Gods. |
| | D) | personal struggles with the concept of mortality. |
| | E) | morally superior heroes. |
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The humanistic tradition in Greek myth does NOT assert... |
| | A) | intrinsic value of human beings. |
| | B) | the dignity of human struggles. |
| | C) | worth of the individual. |
| | D) | the creativeness of humans. |
| | E) | human equality with the Gods. |
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Hades was a vision of the afterlife in which disembodied shades could be redeemed by worthy actions. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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The heaven-like existence could be achieved by humans by great deeds or goodness. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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Greek myths held no hope for an alternative to eternal aimlessness in the perpetual darkness of the afterlife. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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Early influences on Greek myth do NOT include such humanistic concerns as... |
| | A) | conflicts with divine adversaries. |
| | B) | confrontations with Death. |
| | C) | the limits death imposes on human achievement. |
| | D) | humans displacement of the Gods. |
| | E) | the tension created when men aspire for immortality. |
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When Pythagoras says, "Man is the measure of all things," he is NOT referring to... |
| | A) | humans guided by moral principles. |
| | B) | humans assigning human values to non-human forms/beings. |
| | C) | human perceptions of reality. |
| | D) | humans being guided by logic. |
| | E) | humans being guided by inspiration from the Gods. |
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Anthropomorphism does NOT give Greek gods... |
| | A) | human psychology. |
| | B) | human emotions. |
| | C) | human mortality. |
| | D) | human competitiveness. |
| | E) | human lusts. |
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The hero is best defined in terms of confrontations with superior adversaries. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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38 | |
The best claim an ancient Greek warrior would have on immortality was through... |
| | A) | deeds of glory. |
| | B) | lasting fame. |
| | C) | lasting reputation of honor. |
| | D) | jealous ambition. |
| | E) | all of the above. |
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A hero is NOT known for... |
| | A) | obsessive quest for preeminence. |
| | B) | standing alone. |
| | C) | irresistible sexual attractiveness. |
| | D) | second prize. |
| | E) | willingness to risk everything. |
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The Gods possessed everything the Greek male desires EXCEPT... |
| | A) | nurturing family. |
| | B) | jealous regard for personal prerogative. |
| | C) | eternal youth. |
| | D) | good looks. |
| | E) | uninhibited assertion of individual selfhood. |
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41 | |
Greek Gods and Goddesses were arguably as fascinated by humans as humans were by the Greek Gods and Goddesses. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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Greek Gods were mythically driven by these human-like motivations EXCEPT... |
| | A) | jealous regard for their individual innate superiority. |
| | B) | competitiveness. |
| | C) | sexual lust. |
| | D) | concern for human dignity. |
| | E) | lust for power. |
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For a Greek hero there was no such thing as a "second prize". |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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44 | |
Ancient Greek myth attempts to define the nature of reality by application of moral and psychological principles. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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Greek Heroes attempted to distinguish themselves... |
| | A) | sexually insatiable. |
| | B) | more divine than the Gods. |
| | C) | as moral role models. |
| | D) | psychologically complex human beings. |
| | E) | as above lesser mortals. |
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Which is NOT an element of Greek myth prehistory? |
| | A) | Small isolated kingdoms. |
| | B) | Kingdom of Minos. |
| | C) | Involvement with Egyptian mythology. |
| | D) | Roman culture. |
| | E) | Mycenae culture. |
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Which of the following was not thought to have at least one divine parent? |
| | A) | Perseus. |
| | B) | Heracles. |
| | C) | Helen. |
| | D) | Achilles. |
| | E) | Aeneas. |
| | F) | All of the above have at least one divine parent. |
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The Trojan War is considered the end of the mythic period. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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49 | |
According to Schliemann, the city of Troy actually existed. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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According to Schliemann, the city of Mycanae actually existed. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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51 | |
What date best matches that which scholars think Greek culture became identifiable? |
| | A) | 2100 b.c. |
| | B) | 1100 b.c. |
| | C) | 800 b.c. |
| | D) | 3100 b.c. |
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The Minoan civilization is thought to have flourished in the region of Greece roughly 1000 years before Greek culture began. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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53 | |
Scholars don't believe that there is any archeological or historical evidence for the famed city of Atlantis. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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