Hamilton's Mythology Chapter 3

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  • 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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