Deck 2: Mythology

Question 1

The story of crocodiles living in the sewers of New York City is an example of a:

A)historical fact
B)urban legend
C)myth
D)folktale

Answer 1

urban legend

Question 2

The Snow White story is an example of a:

A)myth
B)folktale
C)legend
D)urban legend

Answer 2

folktale

Question 3

Which of the following is correct about oral texts?

A)The recitation of oral texts is often a performance.
B)The story may change with each telling.
C)Different versions of the same story may exist in different places.
D)all of the above

Answer 3

all of the above

Question 4

Jung believed that humans share inborn elements of the unconscious that are manifested in myths.He called this the:

A)collective unconscious
B)innate symbolism
C)unconscious unified
D)symbolic ancestry

Question 5

The evolutionary school in the nineteenth century associated myths with:

A)the "primitive period"
B)the transition to modern times
C)full modernity
D)the future

Question 6

An example of a supernatural element in the narrative of Snow White is:

A)the queen's looking glass
B)Snow White returning to life after death
C)the queen eating the heart of Snow White to obtain her qualities of beauty
D)all of the above

Question 7

Archetypes are:

A)myths about the end of the world
B)myths about a journey to the underworld
C)a main character of the collective unconscious
D)a main character in a hero story

Question 8

The Navaho phrase to "walk in beauty" and the Euro-American phrase "Thou makest him to have dominion of the works of thy hands" point out major differences in:

A)the supernatural
B)subsistence activities
C)worldview
D)the sacred

Question 9

A proposed relationship between early childhood experiences and adult projection systems like myths is characteristic of which analytic approach?

A)functional analysis
B)structural analysis
C)psychoanalytic analysis
D)evolutionary analysis

Question 10

Freud described myths as:

A)neuroses
B)shared dreams
C)psychoanalysis
D)psychological conflict

Question 11

Myths:

A)are regarded as fact by those who accept this on faith
B)include a great many sacred,supernatural elements
C)take place in the past
D)all of the above

Question 12

Ritual texts:

A)are social charters that sets forth the organization of human relationships
B)explain the origins of humans and the world
C)often contain multiple versions of the same story
D)all of the above

Question 13

An example of a legend would be:

A)the voyage of the Pilgrims on the Mayflower
B)the story of Little Red Riding Hood
C)the story of Noah and the ark
D)all of the above

Question 14

In every society there are particular ways in which people perceive and interpret their reality.This is what is meant by the concept of:

A)supernatural
B)worldview
C)culture
D)sacred

Question 15

In the story of Snow White,the queen's looking glass is an example of:

A)magic
B)divination
C)witchcraft
D)a worldview

Question 16

Franz Boas and Bronislaw Malinowski are representative of proponents of the:

A)structural analysis of myth
B)psychological analysis of myth
C)functional analysis of myth
D)evolutionary analysis of myth

Question 17

All of the following statements about the story of Snow White are correct except:

A)many of the places and objects of the story are sacred
B)the story conveys a moral lesson about the evils of envy and jealousy
C)there are many supernatural elements in the story
D)the story contains an example of ritual cannibalism

Question 18

Which of the following is true about the myth of Genesis?

A)there are two separate versions of creation told
B)the stories reflect a patriarchal worldview
C)the text acts as a social charter
D)all of the above

Question 19

Myths differ from folktales in that:

A)myths are recounted in ritual and folktales are not
B)myths reflect the worldview and folktales do not
C)myths with the supernatural and folktales do not
D)all of the above

Question 20

The analysis of myth in terms of binary opposites is an example of:

A)functional analysis
B)structural analysis
C)psychoanalytic analysis
D)evolutionary analysis

Question 21

An apocalypse is:

A)the catastrophic destruction of the world
B)the origin of the world through birth
C)a god who gave is known for trickery and deceit
D)a type of hero myth

Question 22

The story of Snow White is not a religious story because it does not involve the sacred supernatural and is not the basis of ritual.

Question 23

In the Navaho Creation Story,life was given to the first humans by the:

A)Wind
B)Sun
C)Mountains
D)Animal People

Question 24

The story "Raven Steals the Light" is an example of a:

A)flood story
B)hero story
C)trickster story
D)war story

Question 25

The stories of Star Wars and Harry Potter most closely resemble:

A)monomyths
B)creation stories
C)trickster stories
D)apocalyptic stories

Question 26

In the Navaho Creation Story,the Holy People appeared and explained that they wanted to create people:

A)with the power of insects
B)with supernatural powers
C)who were giants
D)with hands and feet like the Holy People

Question 27

The Navaho worldview suggests an exploitation of natural resources by human society.

Question 28

In the Navaho Creation Story,First Man and First Woman were created from:

A)dust
B)ears of corn
C)insects
D)nothingness

Question 29

The story "Raven Steals the Light" tells us about the origin of the:

A)earth
B)sun and moon
C)people
D)salmon

Question 30

The Book of Revelations in the New Testament is an example of a(n):

A)trickster story
B)hero myth
C)apocalyptic myth
D)origin story

Question 31

In the Navaho Creation Story,First Man and First Woman were created by the:

A)Holy People
B)Air-Spirit People
C)People Who Live in Upright Houses
D)sacred twins

Question 32

To say that something is a myth means that it is not true.

Question 33

The monomyth is a narrative involving:

A)the creation
B)an explanation of illness and death
C)a culture hero
D)none of the above

Question 34

Religious texts often change through time because they are often transmitted orally or subject to new translations.

Question 35

In Islam,God spoke to Mohammad in Arabic,and Arabic is used in ritual today.

Question 36

The Navaho Creation Story takes place:

A)in a special garden similar to the Judeo-Christian Garden of Eden
B)in the realm of the gods in the sky
C)in a series of layers that exist underneath the present world
D)in another reality

Question 37

The story of crocodiles living in the sewers of New York is an example of a myth.

Question 38

A god who gave humans important things by accident or through deception is known as a(n):

A)trickster
B)hero
C)deceit god
D)creator god

Question 39

The Navaho phrase "to walk in beauty" refers to the accumulation of material goods.

Question 40

The Navaho story Diné Bahanè is an example of a(n):

A)origin story
B)apocalyptic story
C)trickster myth
D)hero myth

Question 41

Claude Levi-Strauss analyzed the structure of myths and pointed out tat humans tend to categorize the world in terms of binary opposites.

Question 42

Proponents of the psychoanalytic approach to the analysis of myth see such stories as the Oedipus story as manifestations of the collective unconscious.

Question 43

The Golden Bough is an example of an origin story.

Question 44

In the Bunhongo Creation Story,Bumba vomits up the world.This is an example of the emergence myth.

Question 45

In the Navaho Creation Story,the first humans were created by the two Holy People.

Question 46

In the Haida story "The Raven Steals the Light," the Raven is an example of a trickster.

Question 47

Émile Durkheim used a psychoanalytic approach to the analysis of myth and focused on the impact of myth on social structure.

Question 48

The Christian New Testament contains an apocalyptic myth.

Question 49

An example of an archetype is the hero.

Question 50

There are two creation stories in Genesis.In one man and woman are created together; in the other man was created first and woman was created later out of man's rib.