Question 1

What is the meaning of mythology in Greek?

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spoken story of the people

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ancient stories of our culture

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story of the people

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story of heroes and gods

Question 2

Name two things that myths deal with.

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life and death, good and evil

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afterlife, unknown creatures

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human origins, war and peace

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human condition, magic and sorcery

Question 3

Myths express the beliefs and values of a certain ....................................

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culture

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region

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country

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religion

Question 4

Myths are linked to .......................................................

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our ancestors and our origins

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superhuman beings who speak our language

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supernatural animals that protect us

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people who speak the same language

Question 5

Myths can also explain

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the origins of our ancient customs.

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how we can defeat evil.

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how we can control thunder and lightning storms.

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the technology we use today.

Question 6

Demeter could not find her daughter Persephone because

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she had been hidden by Hades in the underworld.

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she could not find the path to Hades.

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she had run away with Hades.

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she was hiding from her mother in the underworld of Hades.

Question 7

While Demeter was grieving over the disappearance of her daughter, ..........................

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she failed to look after grains and the crops.

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there were droughts and famines.

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the people of the land also grieved with her.

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Zeus sent Hades to look for her.

Question 8

Hades gets to keep Persephone

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for half the year, when it is uncomfortable and cold.

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when it is summer time and warm.

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when her mother does not want her.

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when she wants to eat pomegranate seeds.

Question 9

The ancient stories of Sumeria, Egypt, Phoenicia, China all talk about the story of

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creation.

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Persephone.

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the birth and death of great cities.

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the Biblical Book of Genesis.

Question 10

The figure of the Dying and Reviving God can be found in the Epic of Gilgamesh that belonged to ...........

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Sumeria.

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Phoenicia.

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Egypt.

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Greece.

Question 11

Mythology tries to answer questions about

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human existence.

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the reasons for human death.

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our search for food and drink.

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our great cities.

Question 12

Myth often provided stories which

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the audience interpreted for themselves.

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difficult to believe.

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people were forced to believe.

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were untrue.

Question 13

Our understanding of myths is

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our personal understanding of the values present in myths.

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what authority figures interpret for us.

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based on books written by experts.

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what our culture believes about them.

Question 14

Modern readers still find the ancient myths interesting because

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they can be interpreted differently by different readers.

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they give us all the answers.

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they relate stories about gods and heroes.

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ancient writers knew how to make them suspenseful.

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