Humanities 115 - World Mythology » Winter 2023 » Quiz on Introduction to Mythology

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Question #1
Which of the following is NOT a part of the definition of "myth" according to Parallel Myths?
A.   Something that isn't true or has been disproved
B.   An early form of science
C.   Early literature
D.   A moral guide
E.   An attempt to explain why things happen
Question #2
These English words come from myths
A.   truth and lie
B.   museum and chaos
C.   shop and lie
Question #3
In order to make sense of myths, there are two primarily different ways of conceptualizing history and they are A. Moving in a straight line forward (from past to present), and B. Moving in a straight line backward (from present to past).
A.   TRUE
B.   FALSE
Question #4
The U.S. wide open frontier and the French intellectual might be examples of (pick which one fits best from the book)…
A.   History and Myth
B.   The Civic Myth
C.   Time and Myth
D.   Morality and Myth
E.   The Sense of the Sacred

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