Deck 47: Narrative and Myth

Question 1

We might say that Mr. Zimmerman in The Centaur represents Zeus because he __________________.

A) is married to a character who represents Hera
B) teaches the Greek classics class
C) thinks of himself as very important
D) is the principal of the school

Answer 1

D

Question 2

In The Centaur, the son succeeds in his dream of becoming a/an ______________________________.

A) artist
B) doctor
C) teacher like his father
D) preacher like his grandfather

Answer 2

A

Question 3

Angela Carter's "The Tiger's Bride" can be classified as three of the following, but NOT a/an _______________________________________.

A) revised fairy tale
B) reutilized fairy tale
C) modern morality play
D) animal bridegroom story

Answer 3

C

Question 4

In "The Tiger's Bride," it is ironic that _________________________________________.

A) the narrator's father lost her in a card game
B) she dislikes the automaton doll that has been given to her as a companion
C) The Beast is a tiger
D) the servants are indifferent

Question 5

An example of irony in Joyce's Ulysses is that _________________________________________.

A) the carriage is on its way to the cemetery
B) Homer's work arose from along epic oral tradition, while Joyce created Ulysses himself, as a novel
C) Ulysses' wife Penelope was notoriously faithful; Leopold's wife Molly welcomes suitors
D) Leopold Bloom is critical of the rituals of the Catholic Church

Question 6

The mythological reference in Ulysses to the ferry carrying the dead across the River Styx is the ____________________________________________.

A) Royal Canal
B) statues of the Irish patriots
C) cemetery
D) hearse and carriage carrying the mourners

Question 7

A further reference to Greek mythology in Joyce's Ulysses is ________________________________.

A) the men are not particularly young
B) all the men are together in the same carriage
C) they cross four rivers on the way to the cemetery
D) an organ grinder sings "Has anybody here seen Kelly?"

Question 8

The significance of the men finding that the previous riders have left crumbs in the carriage is that ______________________________________________________________________.

A) in many ancient cultures, food was buried with the corpse for the journey into the afterlife.
B) crumbs showed that food had been eaten in the carriage, not saved for a ceremony.
C) such disrespect indicates a breakdown of modern social mores.
D) it reminds them that they are hungry-and alive, as opposed to Dignam.

Question 9

An example of Propp's harm in "The Tiger's Bride" is _____________________________________.

A) "My father lost me to The Beast at cards."
B) "Each stroke of his tongue ripped skin after successive skin."
C) "I drew the curtains to conceal the sight of my father's farewell."
D) "My master's sole desire is to see the pretty young lady unclothed."

Question 10

"And Reuben J . . . gave the boatman a florin for saving his son's life." Choose the statement that does NOT pertain to this quote.

A) We would expect the mythical boatman to take the son to the underworld.
B) Ancient Greeks buried coins with their dead to pay the ferryman to take them to Hades.
C) Everyone knew Reuben J could not afford it.
D) Simon Dedalus thinks the son was not worth that much.

Question 11

Martin Cunningham's counterpart from Greek mythology is _________________.

A) Odysseus
B) Sisyphus
C) Telemachus
D) Teiresius

Question 12

In The Centaur, garage owner Mr. Hummel corresponds to the Greek god ___________________ and his mechanics correspond to ____________________.

Question 13

The celestial sign of Chiron/Caldwell's immortality is ______________________.

Question 14

In The Centaur, Caldwell/Chiron signifies acceptance of his fate and enters the underworld by ____________________________________.

Question 15

Caldwell and Peter are first stranded in town because ________________________ and then because of _______________________________.

Question 16

Reworked versions of classical fairy tales aimed at a modern audience are called_____________________. An example of this is ______________________.

Question 17

An example of a "revision" of a fairy tale is _______________________________.

Question 18

James Joyce's Ulysses takes place on a single day, ____________________.

Question 19

In Homer's Odyssey, Odysseus visits the underworld to seek help on returning home. The counterpart event in Joyce's Ulysses is _________________________.

Question 20

In Angela Carter's "The Tiger's Bride," The Beast wears a mask with a man's face painted on it "with too much formal symmetry," making him seem nonhuman. This is an example of ________________________________.

Question 21

In Joyce's Ulysses, the shapes of the stones in the stonecutter's yard can be seen as referring to____________________________.