Test 1

Question 1

Hesiod

Answer 1

Tells the story of creation

Question 2

patriarchy

Answer 2

rule by men

Question 3

Typhoeus

Answer 3

Zeus slays this monster

Question 4

philanthropia

Answer 4

“love of human-kind”

Question 5

Epimetheus

Answer 5

receives a gift (Pandora) from Zeus, younger brother of Prometheus. the name means After-thought.

Question 6

Daedalus is a native of

Answer 6

Athens

Question 7

Which of these did not emerge from Chaos? A. Gaia B. Titans C. Eros D. Tartaros

Answer 7

B

Question 8

Metis’ name means

Answer 8

Intelligence

Question 9

A myth is etiological when

Answer 9

It explains a cause

Question 10

One of these are not Zeus’ son

A. Hephaestos B. Ares C. Hermes D. Apollo

Answer 10

A

Question 11

Who were the Titans and how were they like?

Answer 11

Oversize characters who are the children of Gaia and Ouranos

Question 12

We now use the word “mythology” to mean two different things:

Answer 12

a. a collection of stories
b. the study of myth

Question 13

Pandora’s name means “all gifts”. How does Hesiod give this seemingly positive name a negative meaning?

Answer 13

He suggests that Pandora is created by gifts given by all of the gods; these gifts include beauty given by Aphrodite, which seduces and misleads men, and a deceptive character, which is given by Hermes.

Question 14

cosmogony

Answer 14

how the universe was created in the beginning

Question 16

cosmology

Answer 16

how the universe is structured and operates now

Question 17

mysonmae

Answer 17

memory

Question 18

The Greeks borrowed central elements of their myth of creation from

A. Babylonia

B. Mesopotamia

C. Egypt

D. Assyria

Answer 18

B

Question 19

pregnancy envy

Answer 19

resentful of and desire to emulate the creativity of the mother

ex. Zeus producing Athene and Dionysos

Question 20

Kronos

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• Generation of Titans
• marries Rhea
• youngest child
• castrates Ouranous

Question 21

How does Kronos act as if he’s the oldest when he’s the youngest?

Answer 21

• Associated with time
• as time goes by, time becomes older

Question 22

Crete

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• Zeus birthplace
• the center of Minoans

Question 23

Athena’s virginity BEST symbolizes to the Greeks:

A. Aggression

B. Masculinity

C. Wisdom

D. Loyalty

Answer 23

D

Question 24

Pygmalion sculpted his own ideal woman because

Answer 24

He lived among scandalous women

Question 25

Aphrodite's painting represents

Answer 25

the rebirth of seasons

Question 26

Which of the following is symbolically out of place in this list? ## Footnote A. Belly full of meat B. Prometheus philantropia C. Fire in a fennel stalk D. Pandora's jar

Answer 26

B not package, but humant rait

Question 27

9 Hill Move

Answer 27

like the relationship between Pandora and Etimetheus (warned by Prometheus to not take in any gift by Zeus)

Question 28

View of Prometheus between Hesiod vs. Aeschylus

Answer 28

Hesiod --\> Prometheus is the rebel Aeschylus --\> Prometheus is the savior

Question 29

Prometheus is released from the 10,000 years of bird pecking because

Answer 29

He knew a secret about Thetis' son --\> Zeus can be overthrown

Question 30

When Deucalion and Pyrrha create new human race, they do so by: a. making love b. throwing stones c. sculpting clay d. hatching eggs

Answer 30

b. throwing stones

Question 31

Autochthony

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* creation from the earth itself * alternative from creation when woman and men create * this concept found outside of Greek myth

Question 32

Erichthonius

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* Hephaestos and Athena * Semen on earth --\> Erichthonius --\> earth * first Athenean

Question 33

Cadmus and the Dragon teeth

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* fighters emerge * best fighters remain

Question 34

why should greeks have been so uncomfortable with sexual reproduction?

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* power to women * weaken men * produce children to feed * reduce man to an animal

Question 35

allegory

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a mode of interpretation which argues that a story seems to mean one thing on the surface but that its real meaning, which is only found below the surface, is something else

Question 36

the consequence of Ouranos' castration

Answer 36

Aphrodite and Erinyes (Furies) Love and hate