Hamilton's Mythology Chapter 3
- 1.Who was first of all?
- A.
Chaos
- B.
Night
- C.
Dark
- D.
Erebus
- E.
Chronos
- 2.How were the gods Night and Erebus created?
- A.
They emerge mysteriously from Chaos
- B.
They produced themselves from immaterial structures
- C.
They were the product of a union between earth and sky
- D.
They were produced in the mind of Gia
- 3.
Which of the following is NOT a main purpose of myths?- A.
To explain the origin of things and/or who created them
- B.
To explain human behavior and why people behave the way they do
- C.
To explain the relationship between Greek & Roman myths
- D.
To explain good and bad and their origin
- E.
To teach a moral lesson
- 4.To whom was Pandora married?
- A.
Zeus
- B.
Prometheus
- C.
Epimetheus
- D.
Hermes
- E.
Hades
- 5.In "The Beginning of Things," which supernatural being(s) made Zeus his thunderbolts?
- A.
The Hundred-Handed Ones
- B.
Atlas
- C.
His brothers and sisters
- D.
The Cyclops
- E.
Epimetheus
- 6.
Whom did Cronus marry?
- A.
Gaia
- B.
Aphrodite
- C.
Pontus
- D.
Hera
- E.
Rhea
- 7.The Giants and the Furies were gods created from whom?
- A.
Gaia
- B.
Ouranos
- C.
Chaos
- D.
Cronus
- E.
Oceanus
- 8.
Which god brought fire to mankind?
- A.
Pandora
- B.
Prometheus
- C.
Zeus
- D.
Hephaestus
- 9.The one good thing in the jar that Pandora opened was what?
- 10.
This is a picture of the god who delivered messages and was the god of commerce as well. Who is he?
- 11.In the reading from chapter 3 Earth was
- A.
A god
- B.
A distinct personality
- C.
The solid ground
- D.
All of the above
- 12.Who created light and day?
- A.
Erebus
- B.
Chaos
- C.
Sky
- D.
Love
- E.
Gangsta Penguins
- 13.Gaea and Ouranos were
- A.
Night and Day
- B.
Love and Chaos
- C.
Earth and Sky
- D.
Titans
- E.
Sisters
- F.
Primeval Spirits
- 14.Epimetheus means
- A.
Foreknowledge
- B.
After-knowledge
- C.
No knowledge
- D.
Bad knowledge
- 15.What is left in Pandora's box after she opened it?
- A.
Death
- B.
Chaos
- C.
Hope
- D.
Eros
- E.
Logos
- F.
Mythos
- 16.Which of the following is not one of the ways Prometheus offended Zeus?
- A.
He gave man fire
- B.
He help man escape the flood
- C.
He tricked Zeus into taking the worse parts of the sacrifice
- D.
He knew who would ultimately defeat Zeus
- 17.Prometheus ultimately gives in to Zeus and is released.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 18.Which was not part of Prometheus' punishment?
- A.
Chained to a rock Caucasus
- B.
An eagle eats his liver every day
- C.
He has poison dripped into his eyes constantly
- D.
He is dragged into subjection by force and violence
- 19.Deucalion and Pyrrha were?
- A.
Cousins
- B.
Stone people
- C.
Gods
- D.
Flood survivors
- E.
All of the above
- 20.Which Biblical story does not find a parallel in the myths told in chapter 3?
- A.
Creation
- B.
Substitutionary atonement
- C.
The fall
- D.
The flood
- E.
Cain and Able
- 21.Which of the following is not an offspring of Gaea and Ouranos?
- A.
The hundred-handers
- B.
The Furies
- C.
The Titans
- D.
Cyclops
- 22.Cronus was
- A.
A Giant
- B.
A titan
- C.
A fury
- D.
A cyclops
- 23.There are two stories about Pandora (the gift of all) in one she is evil herself in another she unleashes evil by opening a box given her by the gods.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 24.Atlas was Prometheus' son, who was punished terribly by Zeus.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 25.Typhon was Earth's last and most terrible son; he had twice the number of heads that the hundred-handers had.
- A.
True
- B.
False
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