Deck 5: Myths of Creation II: the Origins of Mortals

Question 1

Who is most often portrayed as the maker of human beings in Greek myth?

A) Poseidon
B) Prometheus
C) Hephaestus
D) The Titans

Answer 1

B

Question 2

According to a popular etymology, Prometheus' name means "_______."

A) surprise
B) forelearner
C) successor
D) deceiver

Answer 2

B

Question 3

Ever since Prometheus' theft, human beings have enjoyed the permanent possession of _______.

A) dominion over animals
B) agriculture
C) water
D) fire

Answer 3

D

Question 4

Which of the following are among the skills taught to human beings by Prometheus?

A) hunting
B) seafaring
C) writing
D) medicine

Question 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

Question 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

Question 7

Pandora's name probably means "_______."

A) first evil
B) all-giver
C) unreturnable
D) far-reaching

Question 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

Question 9

The Greeks sometimes called a pregnant woman a "_______."

A) cypress tree
B) victor's crown
C) beehive
D) closed jar

Question 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

Question 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

Question 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

Question 13

Who rules over the Isles of the Blessed, according to Hesiod?

A) Zeus
B) Prometheus
C) Cronus
D) Heracles

Question 14

Only _______, because of his goodness, was saved from the flood that Yahweh sent.

A) Enlil
B) Gilgamesh
C) Atrahasis
D) Noah

Question 15

The hero of the Akkadian version of the flood story is _______.

A) Enlil
B) Gilgamesh
C) Atrahasis
D) Noah

Question 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

Question 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

Question 18

Who are the three sons of Hellên?

A) Dorus
B) Cephisus
C) Aeolus
D) Xuthus

Question 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"

Question 20

Eve's name seems derived from a Hebrew root meaning "_______."

A) to learn
B) to seek
C) to love
D) to live

Question 21

Who is rising from the earth on the far right side of this illustration?

A) Aphrodite
B) Athena
C) Pandora
D) Hellên