Question 1

According to Claude Lévi-Strauss, myths are best understood as

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Systems of thought organising contradictions

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Entertaining stories

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Moral lessons

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Historical records

Question 2

The question 'How do myths think?' means that myths

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Function as tools for cultural reasoning

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Reflect individual intelligence

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Provide scientific explanations

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Teach correct behaviour

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Lévi-Strauss believed human thinking is

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Structured through patterns

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Random and creative

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Purely emotional

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Illogical in oral cultures

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Myths exist mainly because

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Certain contradictions have no real-life solutions

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People enjoy storytelling

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Cultures need entertainment

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Elders preserve tradition

Question 5

In Lévi-Strauss’s theory, binary oppositions are

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Tensions organising cultural meaning

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Narrative stages

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Moral choices

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Simple differences

Question 6

Which binary opposition is central to many Indian river myths?

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Life-giving / Destructive

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Sacred / Profane

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Male / Female

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Raw / Cooked

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Stories where animals speak to humans mainly help cultures think about

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Human–animal boundaries

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Children’s imagination

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Fantasy worlds

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Comic relief

Question 8

In Lévi-Strauss’s analysis, 'raw' and 'cooked' symbolise

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Nature transformed by culture

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Ritual purity

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Hunger and satisfaction

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Food habits

Question 9

Lévi-Strauss argues that myths do not solve contradictions because they are

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Symbolic systems

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Illogical

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Historically inaccurate

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Incomplete

Question 10

The statement 'Myth does not explain the world; it makes it intelligible' suggests myth

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Helps people live with contradictions

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Offers emotional comfort only

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Provides facts

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Replaces science

Question 11

Lévi-Strauss would be least interested in

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Exact plot sequence

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Cultural contradictions

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Repeated oppositions

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Relations among elements

Question 12

Lévi-Strauss differs from Propp mainly because he focuses on

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Meaning and relationships

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Social function

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Narrative order

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Performance context

Question 13

If different myth versions share the same tension, Lévi-Strauss would say

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Deep structure remains stable

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One version is wrong

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Meaning is lost

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Oral transmission failed

Question 14

The existence of many versions of a myth shows that

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Cultures rethink the same problem

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Myths are inaccurate

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Myths lack discipline

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Storytellers forget details

Question 15

In Lévi-Strauss’s theory, mediation refers to

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Introducing bridges between opposites

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Ending conflicts

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Removing oppositions

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Moral compromise

Question 16

Which Indian figure best illustrates mediation?

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Narada

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Arjuna

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Rama

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Yama

Question 17

Ganesh’s form symbolically mediates between

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Instinct and intelligence

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Wealth and poverty

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Good and evil

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Life and death

Question 18

Trickster figures are important because they

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Expose and manage contradictions

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Entertain audiences

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Break narrative structure

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Represent villains

Question 19

Lévi-Strauss views myth and science as

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Different ways of knowing

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Identical

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Competing belief systems

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Opposites

Question 20

Science resolves contradictions, while myth

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Organises them symbolically

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Eliminates them emotionally

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Rejects them

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Ignores them

Question 21

Shiva as destroyer and creator represents

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Symbolic contradiction held together

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Moral teaching

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Narrative confusion

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Historical layering

Question 22

Which opposition is most central to Shiva myths?

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Asceticism / Domesticity

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War / Peace

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Male / Female

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Wealth / Poverty

Question 23

Lévi-Strauss reads myths synchronically, meaning he

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Compares relations across versions

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Studies historical origin

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Focuses on performance

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Follows plot step by step

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Reading myths 'sideways' refers to

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Comparing multiple versions

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Ignoring structure

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Studying myths visually

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Rejecting oral tradition

Question 25

Which is NOT a typical Lévi-Straussian binary?

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Hero / Villain

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Nature / Culture

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Life / Death

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Raw / Cooked

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Lévi-Strauss pays less attention to performance because he focuses on

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Mental structures

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Historical change

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Audience reaction

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Emotional impact

Question 27

A major criticism of Lévi-Strauss is that he ignores

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Social context and audience

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Binary oppositions

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Structure

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Meaning

Question 28

Which theorist addresses Lévi-Strauss’s limitations by focusing on context?

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Alan Dundes

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Malinowski

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Propp

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Bascom

Question 29

Food taboos are analysed by Lévi-Strauss mainly as

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Order vs disorder

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Social discrimination

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Health practices

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Religious rules

Question 30

Lévi-Strauss’s main contribution is showing that myths

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Express cultural logic

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Entertain societies

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Teach morals

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Preserve history

Question 31

A myth showing a hero entering forest and returning transformed mainly reflects

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Nature–culture transition

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Narrative suspense

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Individual growth

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Moral testing

Question 32

A myth without final resolution suggests

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Unresolved cultural contradiction

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Poor storytelling

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Narrative failure

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Incomplete tradition

Question 33

A god who breaks rules but restores balance functions as

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Mediator

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Dispatcher

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Villain

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Hero

Question 34

Lévi-Strauss is uninterested in identifying heroes because

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Heroes distract from structure

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Heroes are moral symbols

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Heroes are cultural

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Heroes vary

Question 35

Village vs forest tension in folklore best illustrates

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Structural balance of opposites

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Narrative symmetry

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Cultural hierarchy

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Moral relativism

Question 36

Studying many versions of myths helps Lévi-Strauss

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Reveal deep structure

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Trace history

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Measure accuracy

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Find original version

Question 37

Replacing a human helper with an animal helper suggests

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Structural transformation

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Oral distortion

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Cultural borrowing

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Loss of meaning

Question 38

A ritual story forbidding cooking reinforces which binary?

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Raw / Cooked

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Male / Female

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Life / Death

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Sacred / Profane

Question 39

Lévi-Strauss would agree that myths

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Organise thinking

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Give answers

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Are emotional outlets

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Are outdated

Question 40

A myth treating death as feared and respected shows that

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Oppositions coexist symbolically

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Death is constructed

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Emotion dominates

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Science fails

Question 41

Lévi-Strauss compares myth to language because

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Both have deep structure

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Both are sacred

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Both are written

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Both are ancient

Question 42

Looking only for moral lessons is a misreading because

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Meaning lies in structure

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Morals are absent

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Myths are false

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Stories lack values

Question 43

Women shown as nurturing and destructive reflect

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Structural tension

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Historical change

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Gender bias

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Narrative confusion

Question 44

Which aspect does Lévi-Strauss downplay?

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Audience reaction

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Cultural logic

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Symbolism

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Binary opposition

Question 45

A myth surviving social change suggests

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Contradiction still exists

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Cultural conservatism

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Resistance to modernity

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Historical fixation

Question 46

Lévi-Strauss rejects judging myths as true or false because

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They belong to a different knowledge system

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Myths are symbolic

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Truth is subjective

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They are religious

Question 47

Which approach best complements Lévi-Strauss?

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Alan Dundes

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Freud

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Bascom

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Propp

Question 48

The ultimate aim of Lévi-Strauss’s analysis is to

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Reveal cultural logic of thought

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Preserve tradition

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Teach morality

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Classify myths

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