Deck 27: Applying Theory: Different Versions of Myths

Question 1

A ______________ version of a myth is one that is rewritten by an individual who uses it to express personal perspectives and experiences.

A) working
B) literary
C) popular
D) rationalized

Answer 1

B

Question 2

A ________________ version of a myth is one that is produced by psychologists or other scholars who want to draw inferences about the importance of the story involved to people and societies.

A) working
B) literary
C) popular
D) rationalized

Answer 2

D

Question 3

A ________________ version of a myth is one associated with a particular ritual or ceremony in society.

A) working
B) literary
C) popular
D) rationalized

Answer 3

A

Question 4

Sophocles made the Oedipus myth relevant to his audience by incorporating a(n) ___________________, a contemporary event for the Athenians.

A) war
B) abduction
C) murder
D) plague

Question 5

When Oedipus realizes that he cannot control all aspects of his life, he declares that he is a victim of __________________.

A) prophets
B) war
C) chance
D) heredity

Question 6

Otto Rank calls the story a child tells to express and rationalize his own feelings about his father the ___________________.

A) Oedipus complex
B) saga of the hero
C) journey of the hero
D) family romance

Question 7

Otto Rank's saga of the hero DOES NOT include:

A) descent from noble, powerful parents.
B) rewarding of the first parents.
C) exposure in a river, in a box.
D) rearing by lowly parents.

Question 8

Unlike Freud and Rank, Levi-Strauss sought _____________ in synthesizing all available versions of a myth.

A) contradictions
B) similarities
C) linguistic comparisons
D) literary value

Question 9

Folklorists and other social scientists who work with myths usually focus on the ____________ versions.

A) literary
B) working
C) rationalized
D) ancient

Question 10

Psychologists who work with myths usually focus on the ______________ versions.

A) literary
B) working
C) rationalized
D) ancient

Question 11

Having different ______________ of a myth shows how myths adapt and change according to the needs of a group or individual.

Question 12

Sophocles' Oedipus the King is an example of a _________________ version of a myth.

Question 13

_____________ is a literary technique that refers to conveying the opposite of what is actually being said.

Question 14

Oedipus' name means __________________ in Greek.

Question 15

___________________ based his idea of the Oedipus complex on the ancient myth.

Question 16

___________________ is the term used to describe any instance in which a myth is told in a particular way for a particular reason.

Question 17

________________ saw the Oedipus story as an expression of the "family romance."

Question 18

The ________________epic is an example of a working version of a myth.

Question 19

Because they are associated with various religious ceremonies, the Judaeo-Christian scriptures in the Bible can be classified as a _________________ version.

Question 20

According to Bernard Knox, Sophocles' Oedipus does not end with the hero's defeat because Oedipus has ________________.