Deck 30: Egypt: Isis and Osiris

Question 1

Hathor, the Egyptian goddess of love and joy, was represented with the attributes of __________________.

A) the sun
B) the moon
C) a cow
D) a falcon

Answer 1

C

Question 2

Osiris was the chief Egyptian funerary god, and by extension was also associated with _______________________.

A) agriculture
B) water
C) the sun
D) wisdom

Answer 2

C

Question 3

_____________ is the Egyptian god represented as a jackal or as a jackal-headed human.

A) Hathor
B) Anubis
C) Amun
D) Atum

Answer 3

B

Question 4

The best rationale for ancient Egyptian mummification practices is that ________________________________.

A) Anubis' conducted the final judgment of humans before Osiris
B) preservation of a body is easier in a desert like Egypt
C) pyramids were built as a resting place for mummies
D) Osiris returned from the dead through the work of Isis and Anubis

Question 5

A major similarity between the Coffin texts and the Pyramid texts is that both __________________________.

A) were put in the tombs of private people
B) refer to a story of creation
C) were written by the same author
D) are in the form of prayers

Question 6

The cult of _______________ spread throughout Greece and the Roman Empire.

A) Osiris
B) Atum
C) Isis
D) Re

Question 7

Plutarch's rationalized story of Isis and Osiris creates confusion for the following reasons, EXCEPT that he _____________________________________________________ .

A) alters the story as it had been in Egyptian sources
B) seems to have used authentic sources
C) uses predominantly the names of Greek gods
D) distorts the relationships of the Heliopolis gods

Question 8

Plutarch equates the Greek monster _____________ with the Egyptian god Seth.

A) Briareus
B) Typhon
C) Cottos
D) Gyges

Question 9

The chest that held Osiris' body was finally made into a ________________ in Byblos.

A) tree
B) floating coffin
C) boat
D) house support

Question 10

According to Plutarch, _________________ is the son born of the sexual union between Isis and Osiris after his death.

A) Horus
B) Harpocrates
C) Hermes
D) Typhon

Question 11

In Egyptian mythology, Shu and Tefnut were children of ______________.

Question 12

For the ancient Egyptians, Hermopolis was the city of _______________.

Question 13

______________ was the predominant god of Thebes in ancient Egypt.

Question 14

______________ is the mother of Horus, and sometimes also appears as his consort.

Question 15

_______________ is the term for a group of nine gods, as at Heliopolis.

Question 16

Osiris was murdered by _______________.

Question 17

As the cult of Isis spread throughout the ancient world, her worship became a mystery religion, like that of __________________.

Question 18

In a discussion of religion and mythology, _______________ means the mixing together of elements from different belief systems.

Question 19

In Apuleius' Golden Ass, Lucius can return to his human form only by ___________.

Question 20

In the procession described by Apuleius, ______________, rather than Osiris, has a major role as the consort of Isis.