CLA 210 Midterm1 Questions and
Answers
In the Enuma Elish, Apsu and Tiamat are: - answer The primal deities: fresh water
and salt water
Enuma Elish means: - answer when the skies above
Which is NOT true of Marduk: - answer he was the son of Apsu
In the Enuma Elish, Kingu is: - answer The monstrous husband created by Tiamat to
replace Apsu
In this creation story, the separation of Earth and Sky is a painful process,
accomplished over a long time by the sons of the primal pair: - answer Maori
In the cosmology of Heiropolis, the act that begins creation is: - answer masturbation
In Maori myth, when the younger gods realize that they are constrained by the
closeness of Earth and Sky, most of the deities want to separate them, but one of their
sons proposes that: - answer They should be killed
The Maori historically are offshoots of _____ culture: - answer Polynesian
Myth in which a number of animals bring up earth from the water to make land, and
have various effects on it while it dries: - answer Cherokee
Creation myth in which two divine brothers, called bow priests, lead people from their
dark world into progressively lighter ones - answer Zuni
In the Zuni creation myth, corn was the instigator that resulted in humans being given
mouths, anuses, and un-webbed hands - answer True
The Hopi emerged into the fourth world when Spider Grensmother grew a hollow reed
into the sky that people could climb into the fourth (and current) world. - answer True
In Egyptian belief, Atum was the final, all-powerful result of two generations of older
gods. - answer False
In the Kuba creation myth, Mbobo was alone in the darkness until he vomited up the
sun and moon. - answer True
, In the Kuba creation myth, Mbobo's sons rebelled, and tried to replace his primal
creations with creations of their own. - answer False
In the Kuba creation myth, Mbobo retreated into the sky after giving fire to humans -
answer True
In the Cherokee creation myth, owl and panther have special abilities because they
were able to stay awake for seven nights. - answer True
When the giant Skrymir is asleep, Thor: - answer hits him on the head with his
hammer three times
How did Thor and his companions get into the castle at Jotunheim? - answer They
sneaked in through the bars of its front gate.
Logi defeated Loki in the eating contest because: - answer Logi ate all the bones and
Loki didn't.
Utgarda-Loki mocked Thor because: - answer He couldn't empty a drinking horn that
the average guy could drain in three gulps.
Thor failed to lift up the little gray kitty cat because: - answer It was really the huge
Midgard Serpent.
Thor didn't get revenge on Utgarda-Loki because: - answer The whole castle had
disappeared.
Echo was only able to repeat words because: - answer she had delayed Hera with
conversation, so Hera wouldn't catch Zeus in adultery.
Ovid wrote his version of the Echo and Narcissus story about: - answer 25 BC-25 AD
Gaia means - answer Earth
Chaos indicates - answer yawning void
The entity whose name means love and implies procreative force is - answer Eros
The father of fifty daughters who populate the sea - answer Oceanus
Which arose from the blood of Uranus' genitals? - answer the Erinyes
Which is NOT a personified celestial power? - answer Tartarus
Which is NOT a product of the marriage of Gaia and Uranus: - answer The love
goddess Aphrodite
Answers
In the Enuma Elish, Apsu and Tiamat are: - answer The primal deities: fresh water
and salt water
Enuma Elish means: - answer when the skies above
Which is NOT true of Marduk: - answer he was the son of Apsu
In the Enuma Elish, Kingu is: - answer The monstrous husband created by Tiamat to
replace Apsu
In this creation story, the separation of Earth and Sky is a painful process,
accomplished over a long time by the sons of the primal pair: - answer Maori
In the cosmology of Heiropolis, the act that begins creation is: - answer masturbation
In Maori myth, when the younger gods realize that they are constrained by the
closeness of Earth and Sky, most of the deities want to separate them, but one of their
sons proposes that: - answer They should be killed
The Maori historically are offshoots of _____ culture: - answer Polynesian
Myth in which a number of animals bring up earth from the water to make land, and
have various effects on it while it dries: - answer Cherokee
Creation myth in which two divine brothers, called bow priests, lead people from their
dark world into progressively lighter ones - answer Zuni
In the Zuni creation myth, corn was the instigator that resulted in humans being given
mouths, anuses, and un-webbed hands - answer True
The Hopi emerged into the fourth world when Spider Grensmother grew a hollow reed
into the sky that people could climb into the fourth (and current) world. - answer True
In Egyptian belief, Atum was the final, all-powerful result of two generations of older
gods. - answer False
In the Kuba creation myth, Mbobo was alone in the darkness until he vomited up the
sun and moon. - answer True
, In the Kuba creation myth, Mbobo's sons rebelled, and tried to replace his primal
creations with creations of their own. - answer False
In the Kuba creation myth, Mbobo retreated into the sky after giving fire to humans -
answer True
In the Cherokee creation myth, owl and panther have special abilities because they
were able to stay awake for seven nights. - answer True
When the giant Skrymir is asleep, Thor: - answer hits him on the head with his
hammer three times
How did Thor and his companions get into the castle at Jotunheim? - answer They
sneaked in through the bars of its front gate.
Logi defeated Loki in the eating contest because: - answer Logi ate all the bones and
Loki didn't.
Utgarda-Loki mocked Thor because: - answer He couldn't empty a drinking horn that
the average guy could drain in three gulps.
Thor failed to lift up the little gray kitty cat because: - answer It was really the huge
Midgard Serpent.
Thor didn't get revenge on Utgarda-Loki because: - answer The whole castle had
disappeared.
Echo was only able to repeat words because: - answer she had delayed Hera with
conversation, so Hera wouldn't catch Zeus in adultery.
Ovid wrote his version of the Echo and Narcissus story about: - answer 25 BC-25 AD
Gaia means - answer Earth
Chaos indicates - answer yawning void
The entity whose name means love and implies procreative force is - answer Eros
The father of fifty daughters who populate the sea - answer Oceanus
Which arose from the blood of Uranus' genitals? - answer the Erinyes
Which is NOT a personified celestial power? - answer Tartarus
Which is NOT a product of the marriage of Gaia and Uranus: - answer The love
goddess Aphrodite
