CLCS 233 Quizzes- Questions with CORRECT Answers (Grade A+)
Question 1:
The Popol Vuh or Council Book is a mythological text that derives from ancient
Answer:
culture
Question 2:
Mayan
Shape shifting in Mesoamerican cultures is strongly associated with... spirit travel
Answer:
The best answer is the response that directly addresses the question stem.
Question 3:
What Mesoamerican culture is chronologically earliest?
Answer:
Olmec
Question 4:
What is NOT a theme in Mesoamerican cultures and myths? Horsemanship
Which of the following statements is true of Teotihuacan ("Place Where Gods Were Made")?
Answer:
The best answer is the response that directly addresses the question stem.
Question 5:
It was considered a sacred site
In the Quiché worldview, the principal difference between humans and animals is that
Animals cannot speak
Answer:
The best answer is the response that directly addresses the question stem.
Question 6:
An instance of a Mesoamerican myth of authochthony would be the story of the
Emergence of humans from a split tree
Answer:
The best answer is the response that directly addresses the question stem.
Question 7:
Which of the following events in the Popol Vuh is possibly an implicit criticism of the account in the
Hebrew Bible? The failure of mud people
The reason given in the Quiché myth for the destruction of the wood people is that They have dry,
empty hearts
Answer:
, The best answer is the response that directly addresses the question stem.
Question 8:
Which of the following features of the Quiché cosmogony MIGHT reflect Christian influence?
Creation by acts of speech
Answer:
The best answer is the response that directly addresses the question stem.
Question 9:
Quetzalcoatl and Tezcatlipoca collaborate in
Answer:
Defeating a monster
Question 10:
The Aztec god Ometeotl represents
Answer:
Duality
Question 11:
What common theme is shared by both the Mayan Popol Vuh and the Aztec Legend of the Suns?
Initial attempts at creation are failures
Answer:
The best answer is the response that directly addresses the question stem.
Question 12:
Which of the four Tezcatlipocas is the true Tezcatlipoca? Black
Answer:
The best answer is the response that directly addresses the question stem.
Question 13:
Why must Quetzalcoatl descend into the underworld?
Answer:
To find some bones
Question 14:
In the Leyenda de los Soles, the god Nanahuatzin is responsible for Splitting the mountain of corn
According to Aztec myth, human beings are made from bone meal and blood
Answer:
The best answer is the response that directly addresses the question stem.
Question 1:
The Popol Vuh or Council Book is a mythological text that derives from ancient
Answer:
culture
Question 2:
Mayan
Shape shifting in Mesoamerican cultures is strongly associated with... spirit travel
Answer:
The best answer is the response that directly addresses the question stem.
Question 3:
What Mesoamerican culture is chronologically earliest?
Answer:
Olmec
Question 4:
What is NOT a theme in Mesoamerican cultures and myths? Horsemanship
Which of the following statements is true of Teotihuacan ("Place Where Gods Were Made")?
Answer:
The best answer is the response that directly addresses the question stem.
Question 5:
It was considered a sacred site
In the Quiché worldview, the principal difference between humans and animals is that
Animals cannot speak
Answer:
The best answer is the response that directly addresses the question stem.
Question 6:
An instance of a Mesoamerican myth of authochthony would be the story of the
Emergence of humans from a split tree
Answer:
The best answer is the response that directly addresses the question stem.
Question 7:
Which of the following events in the Popol Vuh is possibly an implicit criticism of the account in the
Hebrew Bible? The failure of mud people
The reason given in the Quiché myth for the destruction of the wood people is that They have dry,
empty hearts
Answer:
, The best answer is the response that directly addresses the question stem.
Question 8:
Which of the following features of the Quiché cosmogony MIGHT reflect Christian influence?
Creation by acts of speech
Answer:
The best answer is the response that directly addresses the question stem.
Question 9:
Quetzalcoatl and Tezcatlipoca collaborate in
Answer:
Defeating a monster
Question 10:
The Aztec god Ometeotl represents
Answer:
Duality
Question 11:
What common theme is shared by both the Mayan Popol Vuh and the Aztec Legend of the Suns?
Initial attempts at creation are failures
Answer:
The best answer is the response that directly addresses the question stem.
Question 12:
Which of the four Tezcatlipocas is the true Tezcatlipoca? Black
Answer:
The best answer is the response that directly addresses the question stem.
Question 13:
Why must Quetzalcoatl descend into the underworld?
Answer:
To find some bones
Question 14:
In the Leyenda de los Soles, the god Nanahuatzin is responsible for Splitting the mountain of corn
According to Aztec myth, human beings are made from bone meal and blood
Answer:
The best answer is the response that directly addresses the question stem.
