CLC 106 TEST 1, MYTHOLOGY TEST 1 OLE MISS,
CLASSICAL MYTHOLOGY UNIT 1 QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS 100% CORRECT
(GRADED A+)
,Match literary genre with the description: hymn
- poem invoking and celebrating a particular god or goddess
- dramatic poem enacting the hardships enduring by heroes
- inquiry into past events, especially human affairs
- long narrative poem celebrating the great deeds of heroes - ANSWER poem invoking
and celebrating a particular god or goddess
Match literary genre with the best description: epic
- inquiry into past events, especially human affairs
- long narrative poem celebrating the great deed of heroes
- poem invoking and celebrating a particular god or goddess
- dramatic poem enacting the hardships enduring by heroes - ANSWER - long narrative
poem celebrating the great deed of heroes
The founder of modern psychoanalysis: myths reveal society's preoccupations as
dreams reflect individual psychic tensions, especially a son's hatred of his father and
love for his mother
- Charles Darwin
- Joseph Campbell
- Sigmund Freud
- Claude Levi Strauss - ANSWER Sigmund Freud
Match term with the best definition: allegory
- reinterpretation of traditional tales in different terms, often in terms of natural forces or
moral lessons
- ancient theory that gods were once famous human beings, that myth is distorted
legend or misunderstood history
- original or "true" meaning of a word, which is not always obvious in everyday usage
- explanation of the origin or cause of a natural phenomenon or social practice -
ANSWER original or "true" meaning of a word, which is not always obvious in everyday
usage
Match term with the best definition: euhemerism
- original or "true" meaning of a word, which is not always obvious in everyday usage
- explanation of the origin or cause of a natural phenomenon or social practice
, - ancient theory that gods were once famous human beings, that myth is distorted
legend or misunderstood history
- reinterpretation of traditional tales in different terms, often in terms of natural forces or
moral lessons - ANSWER ancient theory that gods were once famous human beings,
that myth is distorted legend or misunderstood history
Match culture/language with the best description: Dorian
- pre-Greek culture on Crete during the Bronze Age
- tribe of Greeks who reportedly migrated into central and southern Greece after the
Bronze Age; associated with the descendent of Heracles
- Greek culture in Greece during the late Bronze age
- large, widespread family of languages to which belong not only Greek, Latin, and
Sanskrit, but also Germanic languages like English - ANSWER tribe of Greeks who
reportedly migrated into central and southern Greece after the Bronze Age; associated
with the descendent of Heracles
Match culture/language with the best description: Minoan
- pre-Greek culture on Crete during the Bronze Age
- tribe of Greeks who reportedly migrated into central and southern Greece after the
Bronze Age; associated with the descendent of Heracles
- Greek culture in Greece during the late Bronze age
- large, widespread family of languages to which belong not only Greek, Latin, and
Sanskrit, but also Germanic languages like English - ANSWER pre-Greek culture on
Crete during the Bronze Age
Match term with the best definition: folktale (as distinct from myth and legend)
- saga about heroes
- fable about humble people, talking animals, and nature spirits
- tale about the gods - ANSWER fable about humble people, talking animals, and nature
spirits
Match the term with the best definition: legend (as distinct from myth and folktale
- takes place in the distant past
- occurs whenever, at no particular time
- happens at a special or sacred time, in illo tempore - ANSWER takes place in the
distant past
CLASSICAL MYTHOLOGY UNIT 1 QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS 100% CORRECT
(GRADED A+)
,Match literary genre with the description: hymn
- poem invoking and celebrating a particular god or goddess
- dramatic poem enacting the hardships enduring by heroes
- inquiry into past events, especially human affairs
- long narrative poem celebrating the great deeds of heroes - ANSWER poem invoking
and celebrating a particular god or goddess
Match literary genre with the best description: epic
- inquiry into past events, especially human affairs
- long narrative poem celebrating the great deed of heroes
- poem invoking and celebrating a particular god or goddess
- dramatic poem enacting the hardships enduring by heroes - ANSWER - long narrative
poem celebrating the great deed of heroes
The founder of modern psychoanalysis: myths reveal society's preoccupations as
dreams reflect individual psychic tensions, especially a son's hatred of his father and
love for his mother
- Charles Darwin
- Joseph Campbell
- Sigmund Freud
- Claude Levi Strauss - ANSWER Sigmund Freud
Match term with the best definition: allegory
- reinterpretation of traditional tales in different terms, often in terms of natural forces or
moral lessons
- ancient theory that gods were once famous human beings, that myth is distorted
legend or misunderstood history
- original or "true" meaning of a word, which is not always obvious in everyday usage
- explanation of the origin or cause of a natural phenomenon or social practice -
ANSWER original or "true" meaning of a word, which is not always obvious in everyday
usage
Match term with the best definition: euhemerism
- original or "true" meaning of a word, which is not always obvious in everyday usage
- explanation of the origin or cause of a natural phenomenon or social practice
, - ancient theory that gods were once famous human beings, that myth is distorted
legend or misunderstood history
- reinterpretation of traditional tales in different terms, often in terms of natural forces or
moral lessons - ANSWER ancient theory that gods were once famous human beings,
that myth is distorted legend or misunderstood history
Match culture/language with the best description: Dorian
- pre-Greek culture on Crete during the Bronze Age
- tribe of Greeks who reportedly migrated into central and southern Greece after the
Bronze Age; associated with the descendent of Heracles
- Greek culture in Greece during the late Bronze age
- large, widespread family of languages to which belong not only Greek, Latin, and
Sanskrit, but also Germanic languages like English - ANSWER tribe of Greeks who
reportedly migrated into central and southern Greece after the Bronze Age; associated
with the descendent of Heracles
Match culture/language with the best description: Minoan
- pre-Greek culture on Crete during the Bronze Age
- tribe of Greeks who reportedly migrated into central and southern Greece after the
Bronze Age; associated with the descendent of Heracles
- Greek culture in Greece during the late Bronze age
- large, widespread family of languages to which belong not only Greek, Latin, and
Sanskrit, but also Germanic languages like English - ANSWER pre-Greek culture on
Crete during the Bronze Age
Match term with the best definition: folktale (as distinct from myth and legend)
- saga about heroes
- fable about humble people, talking animals, and nature spirits
- tale about the gods - ANSWER fable about humble people, talking animals, and nature
spirits
Match the term with the best definition: legend (as distinct from myth and folktale
- takes place in the distant past
- occurs whenever, at no particular time
- happens at a special or sacred time, in illo tempore - ANSWER takes place in the
distant past
